PADDINGTONPENZANCE NIGHT RIVIERA

Cornwall is always further than you think! Flawed as it is – the down train doesn’t stop at Totnes, but the up does, and the 4.14am arrival on weekdays in Exeter is grim – this service to the South West is kept going thanks to stalwart users and a shortage of flights linking London to Devon and beyond. Agatha Christie – resident of Greenway, on a branch line off the main GWR – would have been underwhelmed by the couchettes, but they’re clean and smart after a slick fashion.

From £45 to share a cabin, £70 for one for yourself, one-way, plus your ticket (gwr.com).