Travelling on the WCML

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Travelling on the WCML

« on: February 19, 2009, 20:37:44 »

Today went to Warrington and back, left Furze Platt at 06:57 FGW^▸ to Padd H&C to Euston Sq the Virgin to Warrington arriving at 10:14

Returned on the 15:20 from Warrington to Euston arrived at just after 17:00 H & C to Padd and the 17:43 FGW to Bourne End arriving at Furze Platt 18:15

180 mile in 3 hours both journeys without incident on time, now that is the way to travel apart form the lack of sockets at every seat for laptops on Virgin Trains at least when my laptop went flat I had a good excuse to stop working and have a snooze Grin


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Re: Travelling on the WCML

« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 20:52:10 »

What were loadings like, seeing as it is non stop between London and Warrington?

Did you venture into the "non kissing zone"?


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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2009, 21:34:49 »

Both trains were fairly quite, may have something to do with half term week and being a Thursday

I was traveling along so did mot have the chance to test the enforcement of the no kissing zone Grin


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