Today I am in Cambridge. Last week, I tried the latest rail booking site http://www.takethetrain.co.uk/ * to check on times and fares and was rewarded with an overall fare of £44.50 by using the 1930 from New Street and returning directly on the 1700 from Cambridge (both legs Advance Single tickets).
So it was that I joined the 1930 Pendolino from Birmingham New Street. My £11.50 Advance Standard ticket included a seat reservation at a table by the power socket, (not that the reservation signs on that side of Coach A were working...) but in fact the train was very quiet so unreserved table seats were available anyway.
No problems connecting to the Wi-Fi and for this journey at least it worked perfectly well (perhaps a reflection of the lack of demand being made upon the bandwidth?). Departure and arrival were on time, Coach A's toilet was clean, and there was even a ticket check before arrival in Euston.
Overall, Virgin continue to deliver, and, if you can book in advance and travel off-peak, at no too high a price...
* An advantage of http://www.takethetrain.co.uk/ over my usual booking site of http://www.londonmidland.com/ is that it presents the combination of fares for a return journey starting with the cheapest.
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