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    What are Virgin trains like after a football match

    Virgin told me that there will possibly be police officers on board. Don't know whether to be relieved or worried.
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    What are Virgin trains like after a football match

    We have advance tickets though. :( plus it means cutting our trip short, and this is our only weekend away together for the foreseeable. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Virgin customer relations say I would need to cancel and rebook plus pay an admin charge.
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    What are Virgin trains like after a football match

    Bugger. Tickets have cost us over £150. Now I'm not looking forward to our weekend away at all. Actually quite scared to be stuck in a compartment for 2 hours with them! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Scratch that - three hours!
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    What are Virgin trains like after a football match

    Unfortunately we are travelling back from London on the 2151 virgin train from London to stockport this Sunday and there is a football match the same day. We have found out that alcohol is banned on the train which isn't a good sign! We have advance first class tickets, do you anticipate that...
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    Hull - Stockport 16 Jan help please?

    Hi I need to to go to Stockport after work today as I have a really early appointment tomorrow, but I don't finish until 2100. The booking systems are telling me that the last trains I could get all the way to Stockport are at 2045 and 2056. There is the train to Manchester Piccadilly at 2136...
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    Using two off peak returns for one journey

    Would it be ok to buy two off peak return tickets for one journey? As in... Seaham - Hull using Seaham - York off peak return York - Hull off peak return then use the return portions the same way?
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    Short delay to service caused a longer one

    Hull to seaham leaving hull at 1627, 1st class advance
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    Short delay to service caused a longer one

    Sorry if this has been covered, a suicide or trespass today caused my Northern train to be late into Doncaster, but less than an hour, I still missed a connection with an East Coast service. I got the next available train ok, but missed my next Northern train. This meant a wait in Newcastle of...

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