Passenger Franchise Information

Virgin Trains

Franchise Start Date: 9th March 1997
Franchise End Date: 31st March 2012

Passenger Journeys, 2007 - 08: 19.8 million
Passenger kilometres, 2007 - 08: 3,747.3 million
Train kilometres, 2007 - 08: 22.4 million

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Principal Routes

Services from London Euston to:

Coventry, Birmingham International, Birmingham New Street, Sandwell & Dudley and Wolverhampton
Manchester Piccadilly, via Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield and Stockport; and also via Crewe and Wilmslow
Liverpool Lime Street, via Crewe and Runcorn
Holyhead, via Crewe, Chester, Llandudno Junction and Bangor
Glasgow Central, via Crewe, Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme (for the Lake District), Penrith, Carlisle, Lockerbie and Motherwell.

Many of the services above also call at the intermediate stations of Watford Junction, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley and Stafford.

Overview

Virgin Trains is a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach Group plc.

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