I use Virgin Trains to get to quite a few Gills games, particularly home games. I`ve always been pretty happy with their service - it`s a very quick 2 hours and 13 minutes from Preston to London Euston. However, Virgin has lost its franchise and from December the route (West Coast, Glasgow - London) will be taken over by the Italian State Operator - Trenitalia, in conjunction with First Group. They`ll be re-furbing the trains, presumably the same trains currently operated by Virgin. It`ll no doubt come with extra costs, possibly including higher charges for on-board Pizza etc. I`m no fan of Richard Branson but everyone I know has been happy with Virgin - probably cost a fortune to change it all around !