VIRGIN TRAINS have introduced a new timetable starting today on the West Coast ” Manchester route which reduces the Euston to Piccadilly time to just 2 hours 6 minutes at its best, a significant saving on the previous 2 hours 41 minutes. Glasgow comes down to 4 hours 41 minutes (from 5 hours 6 minutes) which will be further reduced when engineering work is completed during the next 15 months. Birmingham is now just 1 hour 21 minutes with the tilting Pendolino trains running at speeds up to 125 mph.
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