Virgin Trains Reviews

It's coming up for the party season again so I have recently spent rather a lot of time making travel arrangements, one method of travel I seem to utilise rather alot these days comes in the shape of the West Coast Mainline, between Manchester/Stockport and London Euston, while in a previous life time I was very familiar with the ...  Read the complete review

I have used Virgin Trains on a couple of different occassions now with my main one I can offer opinion on when I travelled from Glasgow to Birmingham New Street about 3 years ago. Virgin trains are one of the big players in the rail franchise game and have made a huge investment since they won the rights to the franchises it operates on the ...  Read the complete review

Virgin trains are a fantastic company. I travelled on them every weekend from my home to my ex-bfs and I can say they were the best company that I travelled with. I normally start my virgin experience from Birmingham New street. Were all of the staff have always been really positive and excellent customer service has been shown. I have arthritis ...  Read the complete review

I'm a big fan of Virgin as a company. I've found that nearly always they somehow manage to offer a higher level of quality or service, without any massive difference on price, and again Virgin Trains are no exception. ----------------------------------------- TICKETS As with all the train companies the booking and ...  Read the complete review

Note: I am reviewing the Virgin Trains website, not the actual train service. Although that is incredibly good. The Virgin Trains website is probably the easiest and best website to book train tickets in the United Kingdom. From the first time I ever booked tickets here, this has been the only place I look. No other website competes ...  Read the complete review

I recently traveled from my hometown of Lincoln all the way to my girlfriend's in Prestatyn Wales. Most of the trains I traveled on were dirty, uncomfortable, noisy and slow. Then I boarded a Virgin train. There was nothing. A gentle breeze through an open window 12 miles away could be heard as the Virgin train I traveled on hurtled ...  Read the complete review

Good Reasons to travel by Virgin Trains: well It's a lot faster than driving from Manchester to London, the Virgin train can do this route in about 2 Hours 20 Minutes, You get the comfort of those blue and red seats, along with a selection of table seat areas and if you want to stretch your legs then you can walk up to the cafe and buy an ...  Read the complete review

Virgin Train operate from London Euston to Holyhead / Manchester / Liverpool Lime Street / Wolverhampton / Birmingham New Street / Preston / Carlisle / Glasgow and Edinburgh. The base service provides 4 trains per hour to Manchester, 2 to Liverpool, 3 to Birmingham New street and wolverhampton and 1 per hour to ...  Read the complete review

Virgin Trains. If you do much train travel in Britain you can't escape the reach of Richard Branson's trains. With their distinctive red livery, they stand out a mile, but of course that is the idea. When you think train travel, you think Virgin. What kind of experience can you expect when you travel with Virgin? You can board your train from most ...  Read the complete review

**Virgin Trains** I don't often use the trains in fact I hate public transport and avoid where possible choosing to drive myself everywhere. Where I live if I didn't have my car I would be stuck as the bus only comes 3 times a week and that's twice a day and the nearest small town is 5 miles away for a regular bus service. ...  Read the complete review

I often use the Virgin Train service on the short 45 minute journey from Warrington Bank Quay to Lancaster, I've been doing this journey weekly for the last year or so and its always a virgin train which I use. This journey costs £14.50 for a single fare when you buy at the kiosk or on the train, or £8.50 (app) if an advance ticket is ...  Read the complete review

I won't pretend to be a fan of conglomerates; they can be a pain as they try and take over the world. At the weekend myself and my best friend travelled to Blackpool to visit some friends (see 'Funny Girls' review). We went via The Trainline (which is now run by Virgin) and National Express Trains website to get the cheapest tickets- this is ...  Read the complete review

I travel to London on the virgin train service pretty much every weekend and from my experience they have always been reliable and conducive of a good journey. I don't think that i have ever actually been delayed ever, so their record for me is excellent. The trains that are used are all of the exact same quality and standard. That is ...  Read the complete review

My business experience in all classes of Virgin train have been a mixture of OK and awful and I have never met the cheery, 'have a drink' staff that have been mentioned, either in First Class or on these pages. I hope they exist. Occasionally I get the attendant who dishes out the necessary but more often the Buffet car is closed, the ...  Read the complete review

I travel a lot due to my job, but usually its from the East Midland to the North East, but like most people the occasional trip down south etc for a day out. Because of this i use a lot of train companies too. Virgin trains happen to be one of my regular trains. Virgin is a massive company, being host to Virgin Media, Virgin holidays, ...  Read the complete review

Last week I travelled with Virgin Cross Country from Leeds to Newcastle. I recently reviewed the First Transpennine and National Express East Coast services - love National Express, hate First - and I would say that Virgin Cross Country ranks perfectly between the two. I neither like nor dislike it, it is just 'OK'. I know that is a ...  Read the complete review

Virgin trains run quite a few services up and down the country, with services mainly running from London, Birmingham and Manchester. I have used Virgin trains on many occasions, and travelled with them today to make a business journey from London Euston to Coventry. Usually when I fly with Virgin airlines, I consider them to offer a fairly high ...  Read the complete review

I have to travel frequently with work so have tried all the possible routes to Birmingham and Manchester from London. I have driven, flown ( to Manchester) and taken Virgin Trains. Now I know that this week there has been well publicised trouble with the trains here and I have been subject to quite a lot of delays on Virgin in the past ...  Read the complete review

I have used Virgin trains a few times to visit family and friends in the Midlands. The station that they use in London is Euston, which is where I usually start my journey. I have mixed feelings about Virgin trains- they have their good and bad points! Firstly, I think that their trains are the best quality trains ...  Read the complete review

Now no train service is going to be perfect all of the time but I must say that Virgin trains make a good fist of providing a fast and efficient service in some modern trains that are quite enjoyable to travel on. It has to be said that usually I only have a forty minute journey to make using them but the fact that I drive for twenty miles rather ...  Read the complete review