Favourite Train Operating Company In The UK??

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What Is Your Favourite Train Operating Company In The UK??

Arriva Train Wales
3
9%
C2C
1
3%
Chiltern Railways
1
3%
Cross Country
0
No votes
East Midland Trains
1
3%
Eurostar
0
No votes
First Capital Connect
1
3%
First Great Western
1
3%
First Hull Trains
0
No votes
First Trans Pennine Express
2
6%
Grand Central
2
6%
Heathrow Connect
0
No votes
Heathrow Express
0
No votes
London Midland
0
No votes
London Overground
1
3%
Merseyrail
0
No votes
National Express East Anglia
1
3%
National Express East Coast
0
No votes
Northern Rail
0
No votes
Scotrail
1
3%
Southeastern
3
9%
Southern
1
3%
South West Trains
6
18%
Virgin Trains
4
12%
Wrexham And Shropshire
1
3%
Other
4
12%
 
Total votes: 34
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Easilyconfused
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Virgin trains.

Now I know they came in for a lot of criticism but when No.1 daughter was at university in York the Bristol - York cross country route was well run and the platform staff at Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway were very helpful. The trains ran to time mostly and apart from one big engineering weekend all her trips went according to plan / timetable.

As a father that is what I want my "little girl" to be experiencing.
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Scotrail and Virgin Trains...
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Post by stephenjrhodes »

None of the prsent day Companies cause i don`t like plastic Trains
Give me BR with smelly Diesels anyday
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British Rail.
Glyn Phillips
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Would love BR any day, but living in the current times, i'm very fond of FTPE. Never had an issue with them when i've travelled with them, be it at 1am, 3am, 9am or 10pm :)
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I've had to vote for SWT, as it provides Woking with an impressive service to London, and may well be serving as my route to college next year.

If GNER had still been in existence it would have been them getting my vote. A PROPER livery and name ! Not all these fancy colours. The Flying Scot Logo, a simple colour scheme - wondefull. And, of cource, a (in my experience) fantastic and enjoyable service.

What a difference a few years on the ECML makes though....
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[quote="desiro5"]If GNER had still been in existence it would have been them getting my vote [quote]

Same with me :D
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