Virgin Trains has signed a deal with a train manufacturer for 12 high speed trains in a bid to challenge Eurostar’s cross-Channel dominance. In a submission to the UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR), ...

British entrepreneur Richard Branson vowed Thursday to "shake up" cross-Channel train services after regulators approved a key bid by his Virgin Group to share an east London depot with Eurostar. The ...

In a landmark decision, UK’s rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), has approved Virgin Trains’ application to use the key maintenance and stabling facility at Temple Mills Depot in east ...

(Bloomberg) -- Eurostar’s 31-year monopoly on international trains from the UK is set to end after Virgin Trains was cleared to operate rail services through the Channel Tunnel. The decision by the ...

Virgin Trains will soon be able to run passenger services through the Channel Tunnel, challenging Eurostar’s decades-long monopoly. According to regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), Sir ...

Virgin Trains may be able to operate train service through the “Chunnel” that links the U.K. with continental Europe as early as 2030, after the U.K. regulator approved its application to share a ...

Virgin will work with Alstom and place an order to acquire 12 Avelia Stream trains. Credit: © Virgin 2025. Virgin Trains has received approval from the UK regulator ...