Eurostar’s monopoly operating trains through the Channel Tunnel will be broken after the UK’s regulator ruled that rival Virgin Trains is allowed to use an all-important depot in east London.

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 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), ...

In a ‘major breakthrough’ for Virgin, the Eurostar rival says it can now progress with plans to launch it’s cross-Channel rail services, offering routes from 2030. The Government’s Office of Rail and ...

The UK rail regulator has rejected a bid from Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains franchise for rail services on the west coast mainline (WCML). The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) rebuffed the application ...

Virgin Trains hopes to introduce the UK’s first direct train services to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, after overcoming the main barrier to launching international services through the Channel ...

Virgin Trains has teamed up with Mills and Boon to raise money for Red Nose Day. The center of the fundraising activity was Warrington Bank Quay station, the focus of recent world-wide attention when ...

If you've ever tried to stream video using Virgin Trains' Wi-Fi, you'll have quickly been forced to stop trying to stream video using Virgin Trains' Wi-Fi. But the never-ending battle against ...

Eurostar has exclusively run passenger trains in the Channel Tunnel since its inception in 1994. But the government ruling ...