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It depends what you mean by 'in the north'. If you mean 'based in the north' then personally I prefer Northern. If you mean 'serving the north', then I don't think anyone is better than Virgin.
I'm not talking London Midland 'overcrowded' though. I mean dangerously overcrowded - it's like sardines in there, and you've got people with bikes as well. When I went on holiday in August to Llandudno I had to miss the train I was due to catch and wait an hour for the next one because it was...
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ATW are absolutely awful and I certainly won't be sorry to see them go. This is good news because responsibility for the next TOC and beyond is being devolved to the Welsh government. So...
Tried to register with Northern's job application website, and had similar ludicrous problems as well! Have registered with EMT and Virgin WC with absolutely no issues whatsoever. Tweeted them twice, at different times of the day - nothing.
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