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Virgin Trains gets go ahead to run services to Europe in new blow to Eurostar monopoly

Business | The Guardian · 2h ago · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Virgin Trains gets go ahead to run services to Europe in new blow to Eurostar monopoly

Operator wins track access approval for up to 20 daily return trains through tunnel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030 Virgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to run new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to break’s Eurostar’s passenger monopoly on the cross-Channel route. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it had granted approval for Sir Richard Branson’s company to run up to 20 new daily return services through the Channel tunnel. Continue reading...

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