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Over One Million Seats Up For Grabs in the Virgin Trains West Coast Summer Seat Sale
- One million discounted seats on offer with Virgin Trains on the west coast
- Up to 50% off selected First and Standard Class advanced fares
- Cheapest tickets starting from only £4 in the six-day seat sale
- Tickets sold exclusively on virgintrains.com
Virgin Trains’ much-anticipated annual Summer Seat Sale is set to delight customers up and down the country this July, with tickets starting from just £4.
From Thursday 6th July to Tuesday 11th July, over one million seats will be slashed in price on Virgin Trains’ west coast routes. Tickets are available for travel between Friday 21st July and Friday 8th December.
From walking the halls of Hogwarts at Watford’s Warner Bros. Studios, to belly laughs at the Liverpool Comedy Festival and celebrations at Pride Glasgow, customers can see their money travel further without compromising on style and comfort.
Discounted fares are available on First and Standard Class Advanced tickets, and include:
- London to Birmingham Standard Class, originally £8, now £5
- London to Manchester Standard Class: originally £22, now £11
- London to Glasgow Standard Class: originally £30, now £18
- London to Manchester First Class: originally £45, now £30
- London to Glasgow First Class: originally £55, now £37
- London to Birmingham First Class: originally £26, now £17
Sarah Copley, Executive Director Commercial, for Virgin Trains on the west coast, said:
“In our 20th year of Virgin Trains, our Summer Seat Sale means it’s even easier to jump on a train and enjoy the best the UK has to offer. At Virgin Trains, we take pride in providing our customers with the best travel experience possible. While our punctuality remains at record levels, we have brought ground-breaking firsts to our customers, like the industry’s first free on-board entertainment app Beam and pioneering mobile ticketing. Whether there’s an old friend you’ve been meaning to visit or a city you’ve always wanted to explore, with over 1 million seats on offer you can make every day a holiday where you travel in style.”
Discounted tickets on Virgin Trains West Coast will be available to book from 00:01 on Thursday 6th July exclusively at www.virgintrains.com
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About Virgin Trains:
Stagecoach and Virgin are working in partnership to operate the East Coast and West Coast inter-city routes under the Virgin Trains brand. Together, they are on track to revolutionise rail travel across the UK.
The combined network connects some of the nation’s most iconic destinations including Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, York and London.
Virgin Trains is committed to delivering a high speed, high frequency service, offering shorter journey times, more comfortable travel and excellent customer service. Customers consistently rate Virgin Trains as one of the top long-distance rail franchise operators in the National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS) commissioned by industry watchdog, Transport Focus.
On the East Coast route, £140m is being invested to create a more personalised travel experience. We have already invested £21m to completely revamp our existing fleet and customers can now benefit from 42 additional services (22,000 extra seats) per week between Edinburgh and London. 2018 will see the introduction of completely new Azuma trains being built in the UK by Hitachi.
The West Coast route has a proud record of challenging the status quo - from introducing tilting Pendolino trains, to a pioneering automated delay repay scheme and becoming the first franchised rail operator to offer m-Tickets for all ticket types.
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