Possibly. Feels like pits being pulled by horses. East coast used to be good. Then Virgin trains took over . In a week they have ruined a good service
To be fair, the service was sh*t LONG BEFORE then!!
Short of some sort of major event, I can't see what Virgin can have done in a week to make things so different!!
That SAID, I hated National Express taking over GNER, because GNER at least made an allowance for Standard Class Passengers (i.e. me) who wanted food, and opened their resteraunt car up for us. I used to use it regularly when I was coming up from London in 2005. It may have been expensive, but, hey, a can of beer, a sandwich and a packet of crisps just doesn't cut it sometimes.
Natex stopped it and only let the Lah De Dahs in first class have what I would have eaten!!