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Jeremy Corbyn's attempt to highlight overcrowding on the rail network by sitting down on a Virgin service from London to Newcastle has erupted into a political storm.
Corbyn faced several questions over his account of sitting on the floor of a "ram-packed" Virgin service at an event on Wednesday, held to launch Labour's health policies in London.
Corbyn faced several questions over his account of sitting on the floor of a "ram-packed" Virgin service at an event on Wednesday to launch Labour's health policies in London.
My Virgin service from Liverpool a week ago was one hour late, the train to Manchester on Sunday just half an hour behind schedule, and our return this week 20 minutes late, so we're getting there.
I travel from Birmingham to Glasgow and Birmingham to Edinburgh frequently and the West Coast Virgin service is appallingly bad.
The idea, which was started by one Virgin service 11 years ago, gives the caller the chance to choose from a jukebox that is updated every month.
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The incident has raised a number of questions, including whether overcrowding is a genuine problem on Virgin services and whether the Labour leader's policy of nationalising train operators will make services less crowded and bring down fares.
Passengers using Virgin services to Liverpool, Glasgow and Preston will have to make part of the journey by replacement coach over the weekend, although the only disruption tomorrow is from Birmingham to Wolverhampton.
The line closure that followed the initial service suspension saw most Virgin services terminate at Preston or Lancaster from the south, with buses to Carlisle and all stations along the route.
The Virgin Mobile service is $50 a month with a 2.5 gigabytes of data a month before your connection slows down, which is called "throttling".
If you wanted to make a convincing case to renationalise the railways the 11am Virgin Train service from London to Newcastle would not be a bad place to start.
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