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Re: Will Virgin trains ever be any good on Saturdays again?

"Sir Benjamin Nunn" <bennunn@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6er1ciF8fie3U1@mid.individual.net...
> For several years now, I've not had a season ticket at CCFC, simply
> because I'm not prepared to put up with a long and inconvenient journey,
> sometimes with bustitution, on the WCML.
>
> In the mid-1990s, before all of these 'upgrades' and Pendolinos, it was
> possible to get from Euston to Coventry on a Saturday in just over an
> hour. They even offered the very nice 'weekend day first' ticket at about
> 24 quid for first-class both ways. It was a pleasure.
>
> Then things started to go wrong, and journeys began to take twice as long.
>
> When we moved to the Ricoh Arena, travel to Nuneaton became a valid
> option, and for a time that was grand. I remember once, Euston to Nuneaton
> took only 59 minutes on a Pendolino. Superb.
>
> But that didn't last very long. Nowadays, every time I even think about
> going from London to Cov or Nuneaton on a Saturday, thetrainline shows me
> something horrendous like 2 hours 29 minutes, changing onto a bus at
> Northampton.
>
> FFS. Is this stupid line ever going to be good again?
>
> I thought they were supposed to be improving things?
>
> BTN

I doubt it very much. Don't know why the UK Population put up with this
nonsense week after week. It's a disgrace.

Tim

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