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    Virgin trains First Class

    You say that the at seat meal service is time dependant, is it available on the 1930 BHM - EUS (Fri)? Can you still get food even if its not at seat? Sounds a lot better than london midland!
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    Virgin trains First Class

    I forgot to mention, yes its for a weekday (Friday).
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    Virgin trains First Class

    I recently booked a Virgin Trains first class ticket, first time I've booked a first class ticket with them. I paid £5.60 more than the standard class fare. What I was wondering is, do people on here think that £5.60 for the upgrade to first class is worth it? The service I'm book on is the...
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    Clapham Junction to Highbury & Islington

    This has probably been answered before ... but why is Shoreditch High Street in zone 1? I guess the question that needs to be answered is how do they decide what zone a station is in? I'm guessing it's based on distance from some central point? I just find it weird because the whole point...
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    Birmingham - North London

    Could also change to the 383 from 125 which would directly serve the station but be prepared for quite a long wait (especially after 8pm!) But this is going off topic! This is an example of why the system is so confusing. You can book a ticket using one booking engine but not another, what's...
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    Birmingham - North London

    Reply to a few points Does this cost £15.50? On redspottedhanky, I select an advance ticket on the outward journey but I can't select this for the return, it says "not available for any of the services below" Roughly, I would pay an extra £10 to save 2 hours of travelling but thats...
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    Birmingham - North London

    Hi, I regularly travel between Birmingham and North London (Southgate LU) on Fridays and return on Sunday evenings. Here's what I normally do: Either:- Get 2 advance tickets (usually on Virgin, few times Chiltern) and then oyster PAYG OR Super off peak return with Chiltern (£18.15 atm) and...

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