This week (14 March 2008) sees the 10,000th passenger use a bargain priced megatrain.com ticket to travel to London on East Midlands Trains. Simone Morris, from Derby, booked two tickets from Derby to London for Friday 14 March. Simone said “I’m going to see the Phantom of the Opera in London and coming back at the weekend. It’s not the first time I have used the megatrain.com site to book the tickets because of the great fares available, I went to London for the weekend in January using this website. ”

To thank Simone for being the 10,000th customer to book with megatrain.com for travel on East Midlands Trains the company upgraded her to First Class for the journey.

megatrain.com is an innovative budget rail service offering seats priced from just £1 (plus 50p booking fee).

Around 3,500 megatrain.com seats, from just £1 are offered on the East Midlands Trains network each week.

megatrain.com tickets are available for travel to London, from Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Nottingham, Loughborough and Leicester. megatrain.com is an easy to use, ticket-less product that can be purchased from the megatrain.com website or through the telephone booking centre.

East Midlands Trains Commercial Director David Horne says “We aim to offer a range of great value fares. It’s good to hear that by offering fantastic value off peak fares through the megatrain.com website, we’re encouraging more people to try our services. By booking early and being flexible about travel plans, thousands of bargain fares are there for the taking”