Virgin Trains West Coast fare increases - May 2017 - up to 25%

[All Line Rover]

Virgin Trains West Coast 'Advance' fares, 1st Off-Peak fares and 'VTWC Only' tickets are increasing in price from May. Price increases for Advance fares tend to be minor. 1st Off-Peak fares are increasing e.g. from £125 to £135 for Manchester to London. 'VTWC Only' season tickets are seeing some of the biggest increases - e.g. Macclesfield to Manchester 1st class increasing from £3036 to £3728, because both 1st and Std 'VTWC Only' season tickets have been withdrawn (but not for Macclesfield to Stockport, with the 1st class season ticket prices changing from £2388 'VT Only' and £2604 'Any Permitted' to £2604 'Any Permitted' and £2628 'VT Only' - bizarre).

 

[HOOVER29]

Well the bearded one has to pay for his new toys somehow.
Even if us on the WCML won't get to use them.
This is exactly why I drive to most places now.

 

[Merseysider]

VTWC are quickly becoming unaffordable.

The lowest tiers of advance (£16.50 and £22.00) for Liverpool <> Euston are now absent from most departures on most days, especially so if the intended journey is within two months or so.

London Midland all the way

 

[All Line Rover]

Fingers crossed that London Midland don't increase their fares by more than average when the Trent Valley services are sped up even further in December 2018.

 

[Gerald Fiennes]

Are any of these increases in regulated fares? Or are any of the seasons being dropped regulated? If not, I suppose we are stuck with it!

 

[Bletchleyite]

TOC only seasons are I believe never regulated.

 

[Mathieu]

Will the price of All Line Rovers go up?