This has really pissed me off. I use that line a lot to go to The Lake District and for all its faults, Virgin has done a better job than most rail operators do. C2C is the only other one with a comparably good service and clean trains. Depending on whether I got to Oxenholme, where I stay on Virgin, or Ulverstonm where I pick up a First train from Preston or Lancaster, the difference in the reliability, frequency and comfort is immense. First trains are filthy and overcrowded. And they've overbid. There isn't enough spare capacity, it's just that midweek midday trains aren't needed as much, so they are either misrepresenting this or misunderstanding it due to incompetnce. They will fuck this up, run out of money and they won't see out the franchise.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 12:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Then the government will give them another one

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 12:32, Reply)