The ENTIRE history of Virgin Trains West Coast 1997-2019

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Living in Glasgow I have fond memories of Virgin and their staff, and really miss them compared with Avanti who have zero resilience if anything goes wrong. The train staff (largely the same people) are still good but they are simply doing their best under a bad employer. Thanks for doing the compilation Danny, it worked well for me.

[@Vanmanyo]

Thank you!

[@LadySophieofHougunManor7325]

Good luck with exams Danny thank you for all your awesome videos

[@Vanmanyo]

@@LadySophieofHougunManor7325 thanks so much!!

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 6 Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 114, 105, and 117, will be replaced by all of the Cummins M11, Gardner 6LXCT, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1963 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 46 Octagon and Every 88 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.14 and unique small no.13 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those Deltic class 46’s Deltic class 44’s, Deltic class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!!!!!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@parfittaroll7497]

Vanmanyo is so tuff he reminds me of Chopped Chin

[@aviationtrainsfc1]

Very interesting video.

[@Andrewjg_89]

You also got Virgin Trains East Coast which didn’t last long. And VTEC only lasted few years before they were taken over by LNER and the Class 800 and Class 801 Azumas that came into service in 2016/2017.

[@SCRguy-k3d]

I miss virgin trains so much!

[@DIEMLtdTV]

I worked on WCRM at the time of the engineering blockades and the whole of the WCRM was appalling for passengers. A friend of mine once took 10 hours to get from Euston to Preston due to a fault. WRCM was a shambles of a project with barely any coordination between functions. I worked on the OLE upgrade and we got sent to where track renewals were taking place, so no work yet again! Sadly Hatfield was in the middle of this period which had an impact on the whole industry. I was working around a usually busy section around Stafford that week and it was about 2 trains per hour. As a passenger some of the pricing was a challenge and it varied wildly. Will they return on Eurostar?

[@stationshunter]

Fast for the West coast and the tunnel.

[@EuroDC1990]

Virgin were iconic but then so were GNER and Midland Mainline. The first lot of post privatisation intercity operators were generally pretty good for the most part. It's just a shame so much has gone downhill since. It does make you think though, is the issue the operator or the system? I think we know it's the system.

[@DKS225]

I forgot to mention best of luck on your exams Danny. (tsk) Where were my manners?

[@Vanmanyo]

Haha don't worry about it!! Thank you though 🫡

[@win7sony]

Thanks for uploading this week - I know times are busy!! I think although there are a few I would rank higher for innovation (TfW) and performance (GA, maybe SWT), Virgin Trains definitely had the most swagger of any TOC we've seen, and given how bland GBR branding currently looks to be, I do look back on VTWC fondly. I mean, it's not like the current operator are running circles around them is it lol.

[@dr.stephenstrange8471]

It’s sad because Avanti are one of the worst train operators in the country.