The move follows Virgin Trains taking over the franchise to run the East Coast mainline rail route, in a joint venture with Stagecoach, in March. The consolidating media review will include the ...

Virgin Trains has signed a deal with a train manufacturer for 12 high speed trains in a bid to challenge Eurostar’s cross-Channel dominance. In a submission to the UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR), ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --Virgin Trains has inched closer to the ability to run rail service through Europe's English Channel after a government regulator signed-off on Virgin's application. Sir Richard Branson ...

In a ‘major breakthrough’ for Virgin, the Eurostar rival says it can now progress with plans to launch it’s cross-Channel rail services, offering routes from 2030. The Government’s Office of Rail and ...

Virgin Trains may be able to operate train service through the “Chunnel” that links the U.K. with continental Europe as early as 2030, after the U.K. regulator approved its application to share a ...

March 9 (Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group aims to raise 700 million pounds ($900 million) to fund its plan to launch cross-channel rail services as it looks to compete ...

LONDON (AP) — A British judge ruled in favor of Richard Branson's Virgin group on Thursday in its lawsuit against a U.S. train company that terminated a licensing agreement and claimed the Virgin ...

Eurostar is set to lose its decades-long monopoly of passenger trains through the Channel Tunnel. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains will be able to compete from London to Paris, Brussels and ...

Virgin Trains hopes to introduce the UK’s first direct train services to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, after overcoming the main barrier to launching international services through the Channel ...