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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.
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.
The Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress system is a passenger-operated self-service railway ticket issuing system developed and manufactured by the German systems development and production group Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, based in the city of Mönchengladbach. [2]
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
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 ...
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 ...
Virgin CrossCountry Class 221 in May 2006. In the mid-1990s the Virgin Rail Group was formed to bid for passenger franchises as part of the privatisation of British Rail.It successfully bid to operate the CrossCountry and InterCity West Coast franchises, with Virgin CrossCountry and Virgin West Coast commencing in March 1997. [2]