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Originally Posted by David A Hicks
But then, we can't exactly blame virgin for that. It's the DfT's fault for not allocating extra coaches for Virgin to use for voyagers. .
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Yes we can. Virgin wanted 4/5 car toyagers, then expected DfT (i.e taxpayers) to buy extra stock to make them more suitable for their role.
At one point, VXC was receiving almost £3 million a DAY in subsidy, I think that's more than enough to order a suitable fleet in the 1st place.