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Virgin Trains were Carlisle United F.C.'s travel sponsor for the 2013–14 season, and for the 2014–15 season they are the club's main shirt sponsor agreeing a further two-year deal. [104] On 5 August 2014 Virgin Trains also agreed to be the shirt sponsor of Preston North End F.C. on a two-year deal. [105]
Trainline was established in 1997 by the Virgin Group, and online ticket sales began in 1999. It was operated under contract by Capgemini. [2] Stagecoach later purchased a 49% shareholding. In February 2004 Trainline merged with Qjump, its main competitor. [3]
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.
Today, Virgin debuted Beam, a new app-powered entertainment service available initially on West Coast Pendolino and East Coast routes, with all Voyager trains catching up by September.
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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...