LONDON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

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"I just want the cheapest ticket."
    "I'm not bothered which day or time I travel."
    "I'm happy to plan ahead if it saves me money."



Sound familiar? Virgin Trains announces today that in addition to its
huge range of value fares, thanks to Best Fare Finder it is now even easier
for customers to access great value fares at virgintrains.com.

Best Fare Finder is a nifty new online tool which allows customers to
search and identify the cheapest Virgin Trains tickets found by other
customers across a range of date and time bands. Great for people who are
more interested in finding the cheapest ticket than an exact time of travel,
Best Fare Finder uses the journey searches made by other customers to find
these cheap tickets.

Using Best Fare Finder couldn't be easier. Go to virgintrains.com, select
one of our top 19 routes, tap in when you want to leave, and Best Fare Finder
will show you the cheap tickets customers have found around these times and
dates. From the table, click the best price and time to suit you and it'll
work out the lowest price currently available for your journey.

Graham Leech, Virgin Trains Commercial Director, says: "With increased
services and faster journey times, Virgin Trains has a fantastic product to
offer its customers. We want to make access to these fares as easy as
possible and that's what Best Fare Finder does. It really is the best way to
bag a bargain."

More information

Routes

Best Fare Finder is available for our 19 most popular routes, in both
directions.

1)  London Euston - Birmingham Int
    2)  London Euston - Birmingham New Street
    3)  London Euston - Chester
    4)  London Euston - Coventry
    5)  London Euston - Crewe
    6)  London Euston - Glasgow Central
    7)  London Euston - Lancaster
    8)  London Euston - Liverpool Lime Street
    9)  London Euston - Macclesfield
    10) London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
    11) London Euston - Preston
    12) London Euston - Rugby
    13) London Euston - Runcorn
    14) London Euston - Stafford
    15) London Euston - Stockport
    16) London Euston - Stoke on Trent
    17) London Euston - Warrington Bank Quay
    18) London Euston - Wigan North Western
    19) London Euston - Wolverhampton



How it works

1) Best Fare Finder tracks the final prices found by Virgin Trains
customers and builds a picture of the best priced tickets for our most
popular routes.

2) Prices are usually visible across 12 weeks or three months ahead.

3) Results are displayed in calendar format, with date and time bands, so
you can see at a glance how the price for your journey varies.

4) Once you've selected a ticket, Best Fare Finder will ask how many
people are travelling and details of any railcards and confirm your tickets
availability in real time.

5) If your tickets are available, simply proceed through to payment.

6) If for any reason the tickets are no longer available you'll have the
choice of either looking at other cheap fares available or visiting our main
site to see the entire range of tickets for that route.

7) Prices shown are the lowest adult single fare, and exclude any
promotional fares or Railcard discounts.

8) Best Fare Finder automatically checks whether a return ticket would be
cheaper before you buy.

Ticket sales

In the last year, over two million people have bought Advance purchase
tickets through the Virgin Trains website.

Virgin Trains Media Information

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images of our operations.

Virgin Trains is the brand name of Virgin Rail Group. We have operated
the West Coast passenger train franchise since 1997; the current franchise
runs to March 2012.

Virgin Rail Group is owned 51 percent by Virgin Group and 49 percent by
Stagecoach.

Virgin Trains has been listed as the Best Train Operator in a survey by
the Institute of Customer Service and has been voted Best Rail Company by
Travel Weekly magazine and Best UK Domestic Train Service by Business
Traveler magazine.

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