Virgin Trains increasing seats on North Wales coast line

Virgin Trains is increasing capacity on its weekend services along the North Wales coast.

The number of seats on Sundays will rise by 25% with 512 additional spaces to meet customer demand.

There will be double Voyager trains on the 10:42 Crewe – Holyhead and 13:55 Holyhead – London Euston services from Sunday May 21, a 100% capacity increase on each service.

Virgin Trains currently operates eight services along the North Wales coast on a Sunday and the 10:42 and 13:55 services on a Sunday are the first to be strengthened with the addition of two Voyager trains.

This is the latest improvement the train operating company has introduced, designed to enhance the experience for customers travelling on the North Wales route.

Within the last year, Virgin Trains has introduced m-tickets across all routes along the west coast, extended the booking horizon to six months and achieved the highest level of punctuality since it began running trains on the West Coast Main Line 20 years ago.

Ady Crymble, customer experience manager at Virgin Trains on the west coast, said: “At Virgin Trains we always strive to offer the best possible experience for our customers.

“As we celebrate our twentieth year, we’ve seen a record number of journeys on our west coast services and we’re pleased to be able to offer additional capacity along our North Wales route.

“The latest improvements will provide our customers with more seats on our busiest services on the North Wales route and we look forward to welcoming them on-board soon.”