Virgin Trains has moved closer to being able to run rail services through the Channel Tunnel after the regulator approved its application to share a depot with Eurostar. The decision by the Office of ...

Eurostar’s monopoly operating trains through the Channel Tunnel will be broken after the UK’s regulator ruled that rival Virgin Trains is allowed to use an all-important depot in east London.

Eurostar has exclusively run passenger trains in the Channel Tunnel since its inception in 1994. But the government ruling ...

Virgin Group has said there are ‘no more major hurdles to overcome’ in its rail project to operate cross-channel trains, offering travellers an alternative to Eurostar. Sir Richard Branson recently ...

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 ...

Gemini Trains has also confirmed plans to launch a fleet of 10 trains from the UK to Europe, while Spanish start-up Evolyn ...

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 ...

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), ...

LONDON, England – Virgin Trains has achieved certification to the internationally recognised ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard. LONDON, England – Virgin Trains has achieved ...

Virgin Trains said it hopes to introduce the UK’s first direct train services to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (Virgin Trains/PA) Virgin Trains hopes to introduce the UK’s first direct train ...