Yesterday the train manager proudly announced that the train was arriving five minutes early. I believe his exact words were
"Contrary to what you read in the press we are not always late"
At the time this was a little irritating as the train had been 30mins late on Monday.
It will come as no surprise to learn that we are currently 30 mins late today again. However this time it gets better. We are in the middle of a 50mph speed limit, so how late will we be by the time we get there.
Update: 7:18
We were just overtaken by a freight train in the slow lane.
Update: 8:50
We arrived in London at 8:50. That's over 40mins late, and after the time that the 7:21 should be arriving.
Update 17:40
I was informed by another regular that the 7:21 arrived at 10am.
Update 19:55
Well here we are pulled up at Tamworth, which we don't even stop at. The train is currently running 1hr late. Thanks Virgin, that's nearly 2 hrs of my day wasted.