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1.9 million bargain tickets up for grabs in the “Seriously Seductive Seat Sale”
Ah, the feeling you get when you grab a great bargain. Be it a nice pair of shoes, a new summer outfit or even a discounted gadget, nothing puts you in the mood for fun like the sales.
It’s even better when you can travel in style for as little as £9.50 from London to Manchester at 125 mph.
The Virgin Trains’ sales extravaganza will see as many as 1.9 million seats across the network discounted which will allow bargain hunters to travel from London to Glasgow for as little as £15.50 in Standard or £38 in First Class.
Get ready to snatch a deal as we will be holding this ‘Seriously Seductive Seat Sale’ from 29 April until 1 May 2014 for travel between 14 May to 21 June 2014.
Graham Leech, Executive Director Commercial at Virgin Trains says: “This is the biggest seat sale we have ever done and the 1.9 million discounted tickets will fly off the shelf. We hope people will make the most of this great offer to go and explore the wonderful locations along our routes.”
So whether it’s shopping in Manchester, partying in Glasgow or sightseeing in Wales, go ahead and prepare yourself for some pre-summer fun.
Book online between 29 April and 1 May 2014. Find out more about the Seriously Seductive Seat Sale.
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Virgin Trains has
revolutionised rail travel by creating a high speed, high frequency service
that has cut journey times and made rail journeys more comfortable. It has
operated the West Coast passenger train franchise since 1997, serving key UK
cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and
Glasgow.
Virgin Trains is the brand name of Virgin Rail Group (VRG), which is owned 51 percent by Virgin Group and 49 percent by Stagecoach. The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded VRG a franchise contract, which started on 9 December 2012 and was initially due to run for up to 23 months. The Transport Secretary announced on 26 March 2013 that it will be extended until April 2017, when a new long-term West Coast franchise is expected to start.
Virgin Trains has been recognised in numerous awards. In October 2013 Business Traveller magazine readers voted the company the Best UK Domestic Rail Operator for the seventh year running. In 2011 the company was named Best Rail Operator in the Group Leisure Awards (which it also won in 2009 and 2010). In 2011 Virgin Trains won the British Quality Foundation's Achievement Award for Customer Satisfaction.
Customers consistently rate the company the top long-distance rail franchise operator, as measured by the National Passenger Survey (NPS) run by industry watchdog Passenger Focus. In the most recent NPS (Autumn 2013) overall satisfaction was 91%, meaning the company has remained unbeaten over nine successive surveys in the long-distance franchise category.
Virgin Trains was awarded certification to the internationally recognised ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard in January 2014.
Virgin Trains first achieved Investors In People accreditation in 2007 and this was renewed in 2010; the IIP Gold award was achieved in 2011 and again in October 2013. In May 2013 Virgin Trains renewed its accreditation against the criteria of the European Foundation for Quality Management's (EFQM) Excellence Model, which it originally achieved in May 2011. The company’s Learning and Development team won a National Training Awards 2011 West Midlands award for its Coaching Culture programme.
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