Choose the Virgin Trains experience

If you know exactly what you want to get out of your journey, we will arrange everything with military precision and planning, because we love it when a plan comes together.

However, if like many of our customers, chartering your own train is new to you, give us a call for some helpful advice on making your train truly your own.

With train chartering you'll end up fully satisfied whether you're looking to tuck into a full dining area and silver service or light bites with the usual hot refreshments if you prefer a more casual affair.

We can work with you to tailor the experience to the theme of your trip. Wow your guests by going off the beaten track and creating a unique environment by dressing the carriage interiors. You can also take it a special step further by decorating the station with a welcome theme to match your event. There's nothing better than arriving to a great reception.

We'll also take care of your bags and security planning arrangements to ensure that your journey runs effortlessly, just like we do when mobilising some of the country's premier football teams and corporate functions, with their complicated onward travel needs.

From simple security arrangements to the most intricate requirements, trust our team to balance safety and privacy with subtle, yet effective, security measures.

Our high-tech Pendolinos not only use fewer resources, but through clever engineering emit a massive 78% less carbon dioxide per seat than domestic airlines – that's a carbon saving worth talking about.

Every time a Pendolino brakes, it reduces energy and pollution, by returning electricity to the grid. Your company might use low energy light bulbs to help save energy.

Our Pendolinos return enough power to the supply system each year to light over 1.8 million of them.

Our routes take customers from Scotland, through the Lake District, down past the stunning scenery of the west coast, not forgetting the beautiful north Wales coastline, then through the hills and dales, through the midlands into the bright lights of London – and back again.

It's a network covering hundreds of miles, taking in some of Britain's most vibrant cities, including: Edinburgh and Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Birmingham and of course London.

To start planning your journey, on your very own train see our routes and stations.

Our timetable team – experts in rail scheduling – will work with Network Rail and other users of the line to enable you to plan a personal timetable that works for you. Don't worry if you're running a little late, the train won't be going anywhere without you.

Alternatively you can take an existing train on our improved public timetable – making the most of the high frequency services, where trains can travel from Glasgow to London in 4hrs 31mins.

So now wherever you want to go, we've got a train or an exclusive carriage ready for boarding at platform you.