More London to Liverpool journeys
Virgin West Coast has broken records for the number of passengers on its Liverpool Lime Street-London Euston route.
It carried 1,765,874 passengers in 2016-17 (up to the end of March), up 11.2% on the same period last year when 1,587,566 passengers travelled.
For the first time, it also carried more passengers to Liverpool than to London on the same route. VT took 889,000 passengers to Lime Street in 2016-17, which is 13,000 more than those travelling from Liverpool to London.
VT highlighted punctuality at its highest level since privatisation, the introduction of BEAM on-board streaming service, and the growing availability of cheaper fares.