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Passengers abandon northern flights for Virgin's high-speed

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    formerly titled - Virgin offer a first class swap.


    VIRGIN Trains is waging war on its airline rivals by offering to swap a used plane ticket for a first class rail journey.

    http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/201/201330_virgin_offer_a_first_class_swap.html
     
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    A new age of the train has dawned on one of Britain's key transport battlegrounds, according to figures showing that the recently modernised west coast mainline is causing huge damage to airlines flying between London and Manchester.


    http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1695893,00.html
     
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