No more Virgins in Wigan

They have lost the franchise for the West Coast main line,First have won it from December and looks like they will be called Horizon Trains, it has been suggested that there will be more services calling at more destinations whilst keeping the fast trains, sounds good but lets wait and see

The rail fare hike will cover the costs.

New brush sweeps clean eh?, But as you say Mac,

my weekly London commute will no doubt double in price

The story

I use First once every couple of Months, the carriages are a poor show.

Comments are worth a read.

I get the Glasgow to Euston virgin in Preston when i go down to wigan for a pint with the lads.It's 7 quid return and takes 11 minutes as Wigan is the first stop.

there used to be great train s direct from Plymouth to Wigan but not any more. maybe First Trains will bring it back

There has,nt been any virgins in wigan,since the beginning of time

in the good old days when we had a proper railway system,we had four big companies who ran the railway as a service to the people of this country.they did make profits,but never large profits.when the wanted to upgrade bridges,tunnels ,track, stations etc they funded it from their own money.they did not hike the fares , service to its valued customers was very important to them.you could drop any parcel off anywhere,and at any time in the uk and expect prompt delivery.if it was livestock it was feed and watered,breakages and missing parcels was an extremely rare occurence.
what have we got now, cattle trucks for humans who most deffinately are not feed and watered for free.overcrowding and overcharging to the extreme.
successive useless govts that just want to get as much in as possible and to hell with the people who use the rail "service".
take a look over a period of years at the antics of railtrack,some of the avoidable accidents that have happened during their tenure as track maintenance and signalling overlords.part of the high cost of travel by train is down to their excessive charges,whilst maintaining the system in a minimal way.i am not sure i would let them put a picture rail up for me.

however we must once again look at the failure from the club members who inhabit westminster for such goings on.

Well it won't affect me, because we have not got a train station in Leigh

Leigh has got none and Wigan as got two

No more virgins in wigan




i heard that rumour

Not surprised Branson was livid, he rejuvenated rail travel on the West-Coast main line

Spot on rio,