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Tickets will be able to be booked up until 03:00 the day before travel. e.g. If you want to book a ticket for Thurs 17 July, the booking deadline will be 03:00 on Wed 16 July. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Well as from December, Cross Country will have 5 less voyagers than...

Lots of fare splitting tips on this website: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=3902815 The same site is also in the process of setting up a free tool to find your split ticket options Quote, "For the last two years we’ve been investigating an automated Train Ticket...

New Megatrain routes are starting as from 14 July 2008. All on the following Virgin West Coast Voyager Trains: 04:58 Manchester Piccadilly - Glasgow Central 08:03 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley 11:03 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central 21:03 Birmingham New Street - Preston...

Arriva will get 57 of the 77 220/221's from Virgin. Virgin West Coast will keep 20 221's from Virgin Cross Country. These will eventually have an extra sixth coach added. Half standard, half First Class, with the option of it becoming easily declassified into full standard, when First Class is...

The idea of ripping the shops out as now been scrapped, because Bombardier won't let Arriva do it to their Voyagers.

The idea of ripping the shops out as now been scrapped, because Bombardier won't let Arriva do it to their Voyagers.

No they won't. They'll be kicking themselves though, as Virgin staff at Edinburgh decided a couple of months ago whether they wanted to work for XC or WC, and as from the May timetable change they've been rostered either down the East coast or West coast ready for November. Looks like those that...