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Virgin Trains (VT) (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) [1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019.
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 ]
Virgin Trains West Coast Pendolino at Birmingham New Street in September 2003. Virgin Rail Group (WCT Group since 2021) [1] is a British rail transport company that was formed by the Virgin Group to bid for rail franchises in the United Kingdom during the privatisation of British Rail in the late 1990s.
In May 2024, Virgin announced it had lodged an application with the ORR to operate services on the WCML from London Euston to Birmingham, Liverpool, Rochdale and Glasgow from December 2025. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Services would initially be operated by former Avanti West Coast Class 221s Bombardier Voyagers , before Electric Multiple Units would ...
Class 800 in Virgin Trains East Coast livery. Although Virgin Trains East Coast had no plans of its own to introduce new rolling stock, 10 five-car and 13 nine-car Class 800 bi-mode trains and 12 five-car and 30 nine-car Class 801 EMUs were due to be introduced during VTEC's franchise term as part of the DfT-led Intercity Express Programme. [24]
Virgin Trains ExpressCoach; W. Welsh Dragon (passenger train) West Coast Main Line route modernisation; Phil Whittingham This page was last edited on 11 June 2020, at ...
*Warning: Spoilers ahead* We’d be lying if we said we don’t have favorite characters on Netflix’s Virgin River. The series is about a nurse practitioner, Melinda Monroe (Alexandra ...
In January 2014, FirstGroup, Keolis/Eurostar International Limited (EIL) and Stagecoach/Virgin were announced as the shortlisted bidders for the new franchise. [22] [23] In November 2014, the franchise was awarded to Stagecoach/Virgin, who – trading as Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) – commenced operating the franchise on 1 March 2015. [24 ...