The stewards keep a beady eye on proceedings throughout - whether that's amiably showing you to your plush seat or policing the standing queue.

Your head snaps back into the plush seat and you feel all kinds of excitement as the rear wheels try to keep grip with phenomenal power surging through the chassis.

And the cabins are much more car-like than they used to be, with plush seats developed specially for drivers spending long hours at the wheel.

I hear that staff on some services are failing to check tickets for passengers in the plush seats, and are even ushering them to the front of the train.

Big plush seats, the pilot behind glass.