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So it looks like we will no longer be seeing the sigh of the red and silver pedilinoe's running from London to the North, ...
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So it looks like we will no longer be seeing the sigh of the red and silver pedilinoe's running from London to the North, instead being replaced by First. Personally I can't stand First as they seem to strip every thing they do to the bare minimum and charge sky high prices still. What with the costs of rail prices already going up in Jan, I can see that getting about is going to be even more of a nightmare soon!"Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."
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Virgin are shite as well, they're both just gouging the tax payer for offering a lousy overpriced service that would be a laughingstock in mainland Europe. Virgin have the added defect of being run by a bearded little tit who mistakes crony capitalism for being an entrepreneur.
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Originally Posted by BoomShackerLacker 
That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
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I see they have improved Birmingham New Street since the last time I was there. Originally Posted by alib
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I can see why Mr Branson threw his toys out of the pram. He prefers doing business with Government along the lines of the Virgin Money deal.
Putting that aside, FirstGroup do not appear to have an unblemished track record.
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- 15-08-2012, 13:05 #7One of my favourite memories of Branson was being on a train some years ago that stopped at Crewe. Branson was there with some of the characters from Alice in Wonderland - the dormouse, the mad hatter, etc. I presume they were filming a commerial or suchlike. Originally Posted by alib
Someone stuck their head out of a carriage window and bellowed "is that your new board, Richard?"
Beardie had a sense of humour failure....
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Someone having the freedom & pleasure of being able to stick their head out of a carriage window, was certainly a few years ago. Originally Posted by Wordsmith
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It's been a number of years since I travelled regularly from Manchester/Liverpool to London with Virgin, but the service was good. In First Class you got "free" food and booze. I now travel between Cardiff and London on First Great Western. The service is shite and travelling first class only gets you a bigger seat (and it costs more).
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- 15-08-2012, 13:20 #10Must have been the driver. Originally Posted by school_for_scoundrels
Krazy_Ivan and Recce19 like this."Hurrah for the Works Group" just doesn't have the same ring...
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