{"id":614713,"date":"2025-12-05T22:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614713\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:46:14","slug":"the-impressive-meal-you-can-get-on-trains-in-wales-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614713\/","title":{"rendered":"The impressive meal you can get on trains in Wales this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transport for Wales has brought back its onboard festive menu across selected train services this December<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_090525-Wales-Daily-Life-Cardiff-Wales-United-Kingdom.jpg\" alt=\"A general view of a train\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>TfW has reinstated its Christmas dining offer on selected routes in the run-up to Christmas(Image: Matthew Horwood)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Transport for Wales (TfW) has reintroduced its festive dining menu on a number of its train services in the run-up to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas<\/a>. This means you can have Christmas dinner onboard your train. The seasonal offer includes dishes such as pork belly bites, a traditional turkey dinner and Christmas crumble, alongside vegetarian options. TfW says ingredients are locally sourced and prepared by its onboard chefs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">The return of the menu comes as passenger numbers typically rise during December, with many people travelling for shopping, social events and family visits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Two-course meals are priced at \u00a326.95, with three courses costing \u00a329.95. Passengers can also add a bottle of house wine for an additional fee. For the biggest stories in Wales first, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=aa0abd38-0db5-4492-99f3-e73baecff682&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Piers Croft, On Board Director for Transport for Wales said: \u201cChristmas can be a busy time of year and what better way of travelling and to get in the Festive Spirit than having a Christmas meal on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">\u201cIt&#8217;s the perfect way to relax, celebrate and arrive at your destination in style.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_hmr_WO_051225_TfW.jpg\" alt=\"A seasonal dining menu has returned to selected Transport for Wales trains ahead of the Christmas travel period.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>A seasonal dining menu has returned to selected Transport for Wales trains ahead of the Christmas travel period.(Image: TfW)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">The festive menu will remain available until 24 December. Travellers looking to upgrade their seats can do so through the Seatfrog app, subject to availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">More information can be found on the TfW website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transport for Wales has brought back its onboard festive menu across selected train services this DecemberTfW has reinstated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,35745,191586,4884,38433,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-614713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-christmas-food","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-transport-for-wales","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115669394767587567","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}