CrossCountry

I was trying to think of a train related song before I started writing this, sat on the train as i am at this moment. Perhaps you can. Light bulb moment! 'the runaway train came down the track and she blew, she blew', actually that’s probably not really something you want to sing or think about as you are hurtling along at God knows how many miles per hour. I don’t anyway, just give me the quiet zone, let me be and drive! I travel quite often from Manchester to Bristol and after weighing all the options up it's always the train that does it if I'm on my own. It does help that I have a disabled ... more

When the company Arriva took over the franchise which Virgin Trains previously held before the 11th November 2007 the Voyagers were still as bad as they are today. But since then I believe that they have done very little to modernise their second had rolling stock and as a result their journeys are uncomfortable, noisy and generally unpleasant, with very little space to put your bags and other things. There are some exceptions to this however, as this only accounts with long railway journeys on their Voyager stock, not their 'fantastic' HSTs (High Speed Trains)! Although I hasten to add that ... more