Virgin Trains Announce Partnership with Great Events

Virgin Trains and Nova International, view the UK’s biggest mass sport organiser announced their new three-year partnership which is to make Virgin Trains the official train operator of their events. 

The partnership will commence on the 11^th January 2014 with the Great Winter Run. Some of the other events include Britain’s biggest open water swimming event with 10, order 000 participants in June and the Bupa Great Manchester Run televised by the BBC. 

Danny Gonzalez, Virgin Trains’ Head of Marketing, commented: “This is going to be a fantastic partnership – at Virgin Trains we’ll match the speed and effort competitors put in to their events with the speed and comfort of our tilting 125 mph trains. There are plenty of tips around for getting the best run or swim performance, but there’s just one for getting the best train deals: book early.” 

Richard McFaul, sponsorship and account manager at Nova International added: “We’re delighted to announce this exciting new partnership. Over 120,000 people are expected to take part in the events covered by the Virgin Trains network and we’re looking forward to working with them to provide even more runners, swimmers and supporters with fast, comfortable and reliable transport.”