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dannyboy2005
13th March 2010, 08:49
on one atm heading from milton keynes to birmingham. Such a smooth comfortable ride compared to crapy trains from first capital connect. It's on time and even has free wi fi. Very good! Are there any other train's that have a good reputation?
Ashleyp
13th March 2010, 09:00
They only have free wifi if you pay for 1st class, otherwise its like £4.99 per hour...

manchester to MK in 1 hour and 30 mins is win though, i use it whenever i go home. £35 for a return ticket :cool:
C4_Lew
13th March 2010, 09:59
I was on a virgin train once and the air con broke, they gave us free virgin coke for the trip :), was like 12 years ago mind
Chr15
13th March 2010, 10:03
thomas
Viper
13th March 2010, 11:16
i hate virin trains, theyre never big enough for the york-scotland route, so are usually ramed.

Ive heard very good things about grand central though!
barrett
13th March 2010, 11:24
i hate virin trains, theyre never big enough for the york-scotland route, so are usually ramed.

Ive heard very good things about grand central though!

once on the train you used to be able to pay #15quid to upgrade to first. not sure if this is still the case, but well worth it when its busy.
Rach125
13th March 2010, 16:23
northern trains ftw :P
CampDavid
13th March 2010, 18:25
I used to use the Virgin from Milton Keynes to London, now I live in Bedford I get the East Midlands. Not bad, used to give out free coffee which was better. I spend a good 8 hours+ a week on trains, I prefer it to commuting by car
dannyboy2005
14th March 2010, 16:18
They only have free wifi if you pay for 1st class, otherwise its like £4.99 per hour...

manchester to MK in 1 hour and 30 mins is win though, i use it whenever i go home. £35 for a return ticket :cool:
No, Its free. I thought you'd have to pay because it said "Fast + Reliable Wifi.. Log on now" didn't say it was free or anything. Searched for Wifi on my phone and hello, i connected.

once on the train you used to be able to pay #15quid to upgrade to first. not sure if this is still the case, but well worth it when its busy.
Yes this is true, you can also do it at the station. Although there's no point as the next few carriages down were 1St class and as the train approached, a bunch of chav's were sitting in their.