Virgin Trains First Class Seat Sale

LONDON, June 28, 2011 -

As the summer holiday period approaches and leisure travel is on
the increase Virgin Trains is giving customers the opportunity to
travel in style in First Class.  They will be able to enjoy
the benefits of more leg room, complimentary refreshments and free
Wi-Fi.  From 29 June to 5 July inclusive 50,000 bargain first
class tickets are on sale and will be available for travel during
the school holidays

More details of the offer can be found at
facebook.com/virgintrains while the tickets themselves can be
bought at virgintrains.com , Virgin Trains stations , or by calling
0871 977 4222. The tickets can be bought between 29 June and 5
July, or until all the 50,000 tickets have been purchased,
whichever comes first so it’s very much a case of first come first
served for first class!

Travel can be undertaken between 23 July and 4 September and
must only be on those specific Virgin Trains services for which the
ticket is booked.  Examples of these bargain single fares are
Manchester or Liverpool to London Euston £27.00, London Euston to
Birmingham £19.00, Carlisle or Bangor to London Euston £29.00 and
Glasgow to London Euston £39.00. Children aged between 5 and 15
yeas of age receive the normal discount of half the adult fare.

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which is owned 51 percent by Virgin Group and 49 percent by
Stagecoach. We have operated the West Coast passenger train
franchise since 1997.

The current franchise runs to March 2012 and the Secretary of
State for Transport announced on 19 May 2011 that the Department
for Transport will seek to agree acceptable terms with VRG for an
extension to the current contract to December 2012. We have been
short-listed for the new franchise that will start in December
2012.

Virgin Trains has been recognised in numerous industry awards.
In 2010 the company has been named Best Rail Operator of the Year
at the Travel Globe Awards (voted for by readers of the Daily Mail,
Mail on Sunday and Evening Standard), and Best Rail Operator in the
Group Leisure Awards (which we also won in 2009). In 2009 we were
also voted Best UK Domestic Train Service by Business Traveller
magazine for the second year running.

Virgin Trains first achieved Investors In People accreditation
in 2007 and this was renewed in 2010; the IIP Gold award was
achieved in 2011. In May 2011 Virgin Trains was awarded
accreditation against the criteria of the European Foundation for
Quality Management’s (EFQM) Excellence Model.

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