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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 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.
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 ]
It came shortly after the Virgin Atlantic airline filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Virgin lost the U.K. train franchise it had held for two decades. ... began running trains between ...
Only a fifth of trains are running on Tuesday and half of lines are closed. Millions hit by travel disruption as rail strike cripples services Skip to main content
NEW YORK-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Virgin Trains USA LLC (NASDAQ: VTUS) ("Virgin Trains" or the "Company") announced today an initial public offering of 28,334,000 shares of common stock (the "shares ...
Virgin Trains is a prospective open access operator proposing to operate services on the West Coast Main Line between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Rochdale and Glasgow.
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 ...