Virgin trains 'no cereal'?

[R8Steve]

Bit of a random question but having just booked a virgin train first class seat i noticed this in the breakfast menu.

Cereal (v)

Special K, Crunchy Nut cornflakes (Not available on London to Birmingham services)
When travelling between Wolverhampton-Birmingham-London, cereal is only available before departure in First Class lounges.

What is Birminghams issue with cereal?

Anyone know why this strange rule is in place?

[so called]

Don't know but it sounds like a First (Class) world problem.

[JagerT]

Perhaps the rails are a bit uneven and you might spill the milk.

[anonymous-user]

It's either because there is limited time and space or because virgin are tts.

Maybe both.

[Dog Star]

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

[R8Steve]

desolate said:

It's either because there is limited time and space or because virgin are tts.

Maybe both.

I thought that at first but time and space to make and serve Eggs Benedict but not cereal?

[sc0tt]

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

Why don't you get a taxi?

[R8Steve]

JagerT said:

Perhaps the rails are a bit uneven and you might spill the milk.

I thought that as well but they serve drinks, coffee, etc so you would imagine they would be at just as much risk of spilling. I've never known a bumpy railtrack to that extent.

I wouldn't go for the cereal so i suppose it's a non issue but i now feel the need to know the reason why.

[Foliage]

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

I live 3 miles out of Manchester city centre, when I first moved it was cheap to get the train in have a wander round, grab food and a pint.

Now its cheaper to drive in and pay to park than get the train... Crazy

[Dog Star]

sc0tt said:

Why don't you get a taxi?

If there was more than two of us it would be cheaper.

[WolfieBot]

Foliage said:

I live 3 miles out of Manchester city centre, when I first moved it was cheap to get the train in have a wander round, grab food and a pint.

Now its cheaper to drive in and pay to park than get the train... Crazy

Surely not? I paid £10 to park in Manchester City Centre for 3 hours on Sunday! Absolutely robbed.

[R8Steve]

Foliage said:

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

I live 3 miles out of Manchester city centre, when I first moved it was cheap to get the train in have a wander round, grab food and a pint.

Now its cheaper to drive in and pay to park than get the train... Crazy

You can't have a pint that way though

[anonymous-user]

R8Steve said:

desolate said:

It's either because there is limited time and space or because virgin are tts.

Maybe both.

I thought that at first but time and space to make and serve Eggs Benedict but not cereal?

On the longer journeys they serve cereal as a "starter" on a separate trolley run. They won't have time to do that so they will be trying to avoid moaning.

[ATG]

Foliage said:

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

I live 3 miles out of Manchester city centre, when I first moved it was cheap to get the train in have a wander round, grab food and a pint.

Now its cheaper to drive in and pay to park than get the train... Crazy

The prices are all over the place. I regularly take the train between Euston and Shrewsbury. Buy in advance and it's about £35 quid to London and £20 back. Buy on the day of travel and its three times higher. Last week I wanted to come back on an earlier train to dodge the snow; £80 quid to go Euston to Birmingham on Virgin, or £18 for the same journey on London NorthWestern (?) taking half an hour longer. Very easy to pay through the nose, but if you can buy in advance or burn 1/2 an hour, then it's pretty good value.

[DoctorX]

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

It’s worse than that, it’ll probably be a Pacer so a slow, noisy, rattling journey for your eight quid. Only 10p extra for the return though!

[RammyMP]

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

I’ve got to go to London every week with work, get the 7:00 train there, 16:00 train home, £338! That’s not even first class!

[AndStilliRise]

Watford to Preston 6am in the morning was £250 for a single. Was first class though.

[KAgantua]

Sounds a bit flakey of the train operator, TBH

[Pothole]

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

There's a bus.

[Vipers]

Pothole said:

Dog Star said:

Just to derail your thread slightly.... (sorry )

I've just this minute booked a single ticket for the 15:59 Leeds to Harrogate train. It's not far - 15 miles or so? I'm not right used to this pubic transport lark, and maybe I'm out of touch - but £8.30. For a single.

Eight pounds thirty for a short train ride! I'm horrified - this is how our lords and masters expect the plebs to travel in future. I thought it would be about two quid.

There's a bus.

Ginormous savings there, cheapest I could find was £7.00............. thank god with maturity comes the bus pass