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News
Edward Stephens B'ham Post 10 Dec 10
Midland rail travellers will have a new alternative fast route to London from next May following a multi-million investment on the Chiltern Line.
The new Chiltern Railways service from Birmingham Moor Street to Marylebone in central London will see journeys be reduced from almost two hours to 100 minutes, and times could eventually be cut even further…
Business
B'ham Mail 8 Dec 10
A new train intended to cut overcrowding on rail journeys between Birmingham and London is sitting gathering dust following a row between Virgin Trains and the Government.
The Pendolino tilting train, similar to those already running on the West Coast Main Line, has been delivered to a Virgin depot in Liverpool. And three more trains – along with 62 carriages to be added to the existing fleet – are due to arrive next year.
But Virgin, which runs the service from London to Birmingham and Manchester, is refusing to use the trains or carriages…
News
BBC News 27 Aug 10
Train passengers face disruption over the Bank Holiday weekend because of engineering works.
Virgin Trains will be running reduced services on Saturday from Crewe to London Euston, and on Sunday no trains will call at Stafford. On Bank Holiday Monday the route between Birmingham New Street and Stafford via Wolverhampton will be closed…
Comment
Middle Man 9 Aug 10
Virgin Train’s regularly unreliable reservation system, if you will excuse the oxymoron, will be the death of someone soon. It led to my first ever case of “train rage” last Friday.
My company had meanly insisted that I travel down to London on Friday. The trip down was fine. As I was catching an early train, allied with the school holidays and the fact that nobody travels to London on a Friday if they can at all help it, meant that I had a whole carriage to myself…
Business news
Duncan Tift Business Desk 22 Feb 10
Virgin Trains has given its rivals a trouncing by showing the biggest improvement in terms of journey times during January, according to the latest figures from Network Rail. The operator saw a 6.1% improvement in the number of its services running to schedule, just ahead of nearest rival London Midland, which saw a 5.7% improvement…
Kat Keogh B’ham Post 8 Feb 10 Severe delays on B’ham New Street to London train route
News
Kat Keogh B’ham Post 8 Feb 10
Commuters have been warned to expect severe delays on trains travelling between Birmingham New Street and London Euston. Services running in and out of London Euston have been suspended since noon due to overheard wire problems in the Berkhamsted area…
Transport news
B’ham Mail 15 Jan 10
About 100 members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association working for Virgin trains on the busy West Coast line will walk out for three hours from 4pm today (Friday) in a dispute over booking office window closures. Stations affected will include Coventry, Birmingham International and Stafford…
Business
Philip Pank Times 1 Jan 10
Commuters returning to work next week will find the cost of a season ticket on most trains has fallen, but the seasonal cheer may yet be tempered by higher car parking fees at many stations and above-inflation fare increases on off-peak travel…
Business news
Jon Griffin B'ham Post 28 Dec 09
Over 200 Virgin booking office staff along the West Coast line have voted for strike action which will begin after the Christmas holiday break, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association announced. Among the stations to be hit will be Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Coventry, Rugby, Wolverhampton and Stafford. Dates for strike action are yet to be announced…
Business news
Graeme Brown B'ham Post 23 Dec 09
Railway ticket office staff working for Virgin Trains in the West Midlands are to go on strike in the new year after voting in favour of industrial action in a row over cuts…