kalifire Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 When I was last in the UK, Virgin was running England’s west coast line and trains between Manchester and London took about 2h 7m. I’m looking at costs for my visit in June and I see the operating license is handled by Avanti (whatever) but it now takes over 3 hours to get between the two cities. What’s happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Afro Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Are you travelling on a specific date? Most likely there is engineering work so the trains are either speed limited or travelling on a different (longer) route. I travel this route twice a month and trains still take anything from 2:06 to to 2:20ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Avanti is the new name for it after the company operating changed hands in 2019. But atm a Google says a London-Manchester train today is planning 2hr15-20. Must be engineering works on the travel dates selected, which is a usual hazard on UK rail lines - I was looking at going to Newcastle next month for a football match but engineering works means no trains arriving up there before the game starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said: Are you travelling on a specific date? Most likely there is engineering work so the trains are either speed limited or travelling on a different (longer) route. I travel this route twice a month and trains still take anything from 2:06 to to 2:20ish Yep second this - I had a bank holiday one that took that long last year, and I also noticed when I was last booking that occasionally an early one will take that long but it's back to normal later in the day. To be honest I've noticed nothing different apart from the logo - same trains and everything, and generally pretty reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Echo the above, going to London for a gig in March, 2hrs 5mins there on the Saturday, 3hrs plus coming home on the Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 6:05 PM, Gnomicide said: Echo the above, going to London for a gig in March, 2hrs 5mins there on the Saturday, 3hrs plus coming home on the Sunday. North is uphill right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 Least you can hope trains are still running. I'm still pouting about last Friday when that bloody storm blocked everything south of Birmingham, and as I live south of Birmingham, it meant no trains to Wolf Alice for me (turns out there were no National Express coaches either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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