Day return journey to London, stopping off at Banbury on the outward leg, saw me leave Snow Hill on the 7.45am departure for Marylebone - somewhat delayed by a broken down LondonMidland train at Acocks Green. After confusion at both Snow Hill and Moor Street over the length of the delay, the ensuing loss of time wasn't too great. As ever, the Chiltern train was busy until Solihull, quiet from Solihull to Warwick Parkway, and then busy once more from there onwards. However, even 'busy' means tables are available to Birmingham - London passengers...
One of the plus points about needing to break my journey at Banbury was an opportunity to catch the 10.04 Wrexham & Shropshire train onto Marylebone. I had had a follow-up letter about Wifi in standard class - basically admitting they were having problems - and I wanted to see if they had been resolved. Alas not, and I see from the web site http://www.wrexhamandshropshire.co.uk/new-wifi-on-board.php that it is still not an established feature... Still, the quality of travel is amazing for standard class, and the loading from Banbury suggests that more people are cottoning onto this fact.
Back on a mid-afternoon Pendolino using one of the cheap advance Firsts (£26.50). No problems with the free Wifi, nor with the range and service of the refreshments. For speed and efficiency (if not for price), Virgin have got it sussed!
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