Cush
Veteran
- Location
- North Cumbria but still a Geordie
It is annoying and strange that you can buy tickets on line for yourself but can not book a bike ticket on line.
Virgin trains and bikes...
- Thread starter RedRider
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RedRider
Pulling through
- Location
- Location Embrocation
Well, I've been there and back again and it went without a hitch. Thanks for the advice/reassurance which I'd like to pass onto others. It was great being able to ride around town and see more folk than I've been able using local public transport. Then getting back to London, having been cooped up aboard for the previous hours, it was a good feeling to jump on the bike and ride back to the flat. Short of cycling the whole way I can't think of a better way to go inter city and for anyone who hasn't travelled Virgin with their bike I'd say go for it.
I got Pendolinos both ways and according to the guard the cycle carriage on these is always coach A which is either the very front or back of the train.
It is strange you can't book a bike in online. Given the limited space perhaps they don't want to make it so click-ably easy?
I got Pendolinos both ways and according to the guard the cycle carriage on these is always coach A which is either the very front or back of the train.
It is strange you can't book a bike in online. Given the limited space perhaps they don't want to make it so click-ably easy?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Oh yes you can! You can do it on the eastcoast web site. I've just tried it.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Perhaps you used a site that doesn't offer cycle reservations. Eastcoast trains does..
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RedRider
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Yes, if you book direct online through Virgin for their west coast services it seems not. Perhaps if you book through an agent (the trainline for eg, it's possible?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Eastcoast trains has always had an online bike booking facility - it inherited it from GNER trains. It's great and reliable. It's something to remember for the future - you are not estricted to booking your tickets through the seviceprovider that you are going to use.
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RedRider
Pulling through
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+1 - and occasionally a little ... "stroppy" as they "explain" it to you.
Worth trying the reservation advice here? - hey, it'd just be nice to know it works for Virgin. (Hint - I know it works for Student Finance England)
This bit got around the automated options for me:
There was just a couple of rings and I got through to a human.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
or "agent" as advised by the nice man at Virgin when i finally got to speak to a human. work paid for the call
