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In August 2019, it was announced that the Inter-City West Coast franchise had been awarded to Avanti West Coast, thus confirming that Virgin Trains would cease to operate trains after 7 December 2019. [45] [46] The final Virgin Trains service was the 21:42 service from London Euston to Wolverhampton arriving at 23:45.
Hyperloop One, known as Virgin Hyperloop until November 2022, was an American transportation technology company that worked to commercialize high-speed travel utilizing the Hyperloop concept which was a variant of the vacuum train. The company was established on June 1, 2014, and reorganized and renamed on October 12, 2017.
Virgin Trains USA logo. In November 2018, it was announced that Virgin Group had concluded a deal with Brightline to rebrand as Virgin Trains USA. [17] However, in August 2020 Brightline sought to terminate the deal, claiming that the Virgin Trains brand was no longer of value after the loss of its InterCity West Coast franchise. [18]
Avantix Mobile was the successor to the SPORTIS system which had been developed in the mid-1980s for British Rail. SPORTIS was the first fully computerized portable ticketing system for use by on-train staff and Revenue Protection Inspectors, and in other situations, where mobile ticket-issuing facilities are required.
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 brand was no ...
Great Western Railway (GWR) also launched a pay-as-you-go system called GWR PAYG in August 2022, which requires the use of the GWR Touch smartcard. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Transport for Wales (TFW/TrC) have also started rolling out a Pay-as-you-go system using EMV cards from February 7th 2024 across South East Wales.
Brightline Holdings pulled out of a deal after saying the ‘Virgin brand’ had stopped being a ‘brand of international high repute’, a judge heard. Virgin firm wins High Court fight with ...
Rollout started November 2011 [83] Includes paper ticketing replacements (one off and season tickets) as well as a pay-as-you-go system called keyGo. Intercompatible with other Keys on buses and other train operators, such as Metrobus in Crawley. South Yorkshire: TravelMaster: TravelMaster: Roll-out started 2014 [84] Southampton: Smartcities