Stealth vaping on the train!

[effington]

Am I allowed to Vape on Virgin trains?!

Actually I don't much care as they've told us we're going via the West midlands on the way to Cheshire and adding 45 minutes to my journey. Thoroughly enjoying puffing away and 'swallowing' the vapour!

[markm]

Have you seen anything to indicate its not allowed - then puff away, if they
don't want you doing something that you can reasonably assume is allowed
then its up to them to politely make you aware.

[Pepperty]

I have stealth vaped on train -- the time 'due to strong winds' Edinburgh to Liverpool took 7 hours!!! I was demented from lack of nicotine I just brazenly vaped. I Know that the stations seem to have 'no vaping rule' but again - sod that, I just hold down vapour and make sure I'm not stood under any obvious signs

I'm sure all they can do is bring to your attention their policy ...not chuck you off mid journey!!

[Pepperty]

OOps cross post markm, we both say same! TBH my local ariva buses state clearly 'NO SMOKING, that includes electronic cigarettes' but I've never noticed any blatent signs on the trains ???

[effington]

I've moved places now to sit opposite someone as my laptop needed charging so have stopped as it's a little too obvious. Bit more juice int he battery and I'll move back to my dark little corner!

[Super-Shiny]

I stealth vape on planes, trains and basically anywhere where smoking is not allowed, the way i see it is it's not smoking and the only reason i stealth vape is because a smoker would only grass me up out of jealously and obviously the plumes of vapor that staff will see

[dreamylittledream]

I did a spot of stealth vaping en route from Norwich to Newcastle and return last week (train trip and a half that is) and had no issue with a spot of stealthing - done subtlety is pretty invisible and works ideally.

[stevenlewis]

I wonder if vaping could set off a fire alarm like those on planes etc?

[stevenlewis]

LOL I just blew a load of vaper at my smoke alarm at home, took quite a lot but ye[ that rings the bell ok ( now just hope they stop ringing soon)

[Deleted]

Cross Country Train journeys...Newcastle to Sheffield and Durham to Derby

I enjoyed vaping openly, no stares, no issues.

[barrynorton]

I do London to Sheffield and smoke between carriages, out of the window if there is one

[barrynorton]

What's amazing is that smoking (cigarettes) is not even prohibited in the Virgin Trains Conditions of Carriage!

www.buytickets.virgintrains.co.uk/nationalcarriage.aspx

Oh, after tons of people have asked, one did actually get a response on social media:

[barrynorton]

I got a pretty quick, but unsatisfactory reply via Twitter:

Barry Norton ?barrynorton 15m
@virgintrains Can you please tell me where your electronic cigarette policy is documented (it's not in the Conditions of Carriage)

Virgin Trains ?@virgintrains 4m
barrynorton We do not allow this on board our trains Barry ^JG

Barry Norton ?barrynorton 24s
@virgintrains Understood, but the question is where this is documented? Would you break your contract based on an unwritten condition?

[barrynorton]

Wow, this was pretty unexpected from East Midlands (my usual operator):

[GunJack]

common sense from EMtrains