https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/strike
No shop
No trolley
No first class catering
Potentially no ticket office
No shop
No trolley
No first class catering
Potentially no ticket office
https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/strike
No shop
No trolley
No first class catering
Potentially no ticket office
https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/strike
No shop
No trolley
No first class catering
Potentially no ticket office
You will only be able to buy tickets from Ticket Vending Machines (not from one of our members of staff) at stations where Virgin Trains operate the ticket offices. This will limit the tickets available to peak and off-peak walk-up fares.
If our ticket offices are closed it may not be possible to pay for your tickets using cash. We recommend you bring a debit or credit card with you on the day.
Probably sending everything the same way to minimise the level of route 'knowledge' required by the people acting as guardsIf the information on that page is to be believed, Wilmslow will have no service at all and, of the 06:28, 06:53, 07:17 and 07:57 departures from Crewe to London, the only one that will run is the 06:53 (a 5-car Voyager). Remarkable. Why run 2tph via Stoke when the usual practice is to drop 1tph via Stoke and continue running 1ph via Wilmslow, serving Crewe and (via a short connecting train) Chester in the process?
Erm, no it won't...
What? I decline your kind offer to pay by card. Anything else?
Could be an interesting one if someone decided to pursue it.
If someone turns up at the station and only has cash as a means of payment, then I don't really see how they could be refused travel if the ticket machines can't or won't accept cash.
I wouldn't expect them to. You wouldn't be entitled to any compensation afterwards either. Thus I would be surprised if First Class offers good value during the strikes.they certainly haven't changed the 1st class pricing to reflect any lack of service so far.
I wouldn't expect them to. You wouldn't be entitled to any compensation afterwards either. Thus I would be surprised if First Class offers good value during the strikes.
Probably sending everything the same way to minimise the level of route 'knowledge' required by the people acting as guards
It's doing better than Birmingham/NW to Edinburgh which has been completely abandoned. Given it's the Friday before Christmas that's going to make Transpennine-Scotland very busy from Preston northbound.As ever the Cinderella part of the franchise (i.e. takes a lot to resource and probably contributes little), the North Wales line will barely see a service
Not all of them. I'm still getting original timetables when I search a few seconds ago (Wigan - Sandwell).Times are in NRE journey planner
The Real time trains site seems to have amended times for VTWC services for this Friday.
London - Chester and the North Wales Coast: Apart from the 04.48 Holyhead to London service and the return at 17.10, we will not serve Chester and North Wales. There is a replacement bus service between Chester and Crewe, and Arriva Trains Wales will accept tickets between Chester and North Wales stations. Alternatively your ticket will be valid the day before or the day after or you can also apply for a full refund (free of charge).
London - Chester and the North Wales Coast: Please take a Virgin Trains service to Crewe for onward travel. If you have a Virgin-only ticket please travel the day before or the day after as Arriva Trains Wales will not accept your ticket to travel beyond Crewe. You can also apply for a full refund (free of charge).