Virgin Trains is a prospective open access operator proposing to operate services on the West Coast Main Line between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Rochdale...
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Virgin Trains (VT) (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture...
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(51%) Virgin Trains East Coast: train operating company, supersed by London North Eastern Railway in June 2018 (10%) Virgin Trains USA: train operating...
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Lumo is a British open-access operator owned by FirstGroup that operates passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and...
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renamed Arriva Trains Merseyside and Arriva Trains Northern. The first open access operator using the National Rail brand, Hull Trains, commenced running...
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Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) (legal name East Coast Main Line Company Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom that operated the...
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franchise in the United Kingdom Virgin Trains (open access operator) prospective open access operator in the United Kingdom Virgin Azuma, marketing name for...
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Grand Central is an open-access train operating company in the United Kingdom. A subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains, it has operated passenger rail services...
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Hull Trains is an open-access railway operator in England owned by the multinational transport company FirstGroup. It operates long-distance passenger...
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Open Access Operator: Grand Central – 2007–2026 Concessions: Arriva Rail London (Trading as: London Overground) – 2016–2026 Maintenance: Arriva TrainCare...
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proposed open access operator, that had developed plans to operate train services in the United Kingdom from England to Scotland and Wales. The operator had...
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companies operating trains in the United Kingdom, including the operators of franchised passenger services, officially referred to as train operating companies...
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franchise held by a separate legal entity, the company traded under the Virgin Trains brand. Operations commenced on 5 January 1997 as part of the privatisation...
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Accordingly, Virgin Trains ceased in December 2019. In June 2019, Virgin lodged an application to the Office of Rail & Road for an open access service from...
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Silverlink (redirect from Silverlink Trains)
Desiro trains from an order placed by South West Trains to provide stock with faster acceleration for the West Coast Main Line operators. These trains, the...
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Great North Eastern Railway (category Defunct train operating companies in the United Kingdom)
basis that 'open-access' train operators are not required to meet the same fixed costs for accessing Network Rail's infrastructure as train operating companies...
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exclusive basis, and day-to-day competition with other franchises and open access operators was possible, albeit occurring on a limited number of services....
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network operator (MVNO). Virgin Mobile Ireland was launched in 2015, at the same time UPC Ireland was rebranded Virgin Media Ireland. Virgin Mobile Ireland...
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InterCity East Coast franchise since 2018, after Virgin Trains East Coast defaulted. Northern Trains has operated the Northern franchise since 1 March...
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Arriva Trains Wales (ATW; Welsh: Trenau Arriva Cymru) was a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains that operated the Wales & Borders...
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Meridian trains, the first of which entered service in May 2004. These new trainsets allowed for several HSTs to be released to other operators, such as...
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Brightline (redirect from Virgin Trains USA)
secures funding to Orlando, plans to open Walt Disney World station". WPEC. Lyons, David (April 4, 2019). "Virgin Trains lines up funding for expansion to...
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Heathrow Express (category Open-access train operating companies)
operating between London Heathrow Airport and London Paddington. Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is...
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as a "no catch" mobile operator. Virgin Mobile Canada was the first mobile carrier in Canada to launch without a system access fee. The company's “no...
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Virgin Trains is a brand name that has been used by several Virgin Group railway operators. The Virgin Group first showed interest in operating rail services...
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CrossCountry (redirect from Arriva Trains Cross Country)
Transport (DfT) in 2006, incorporating elements of both the Central Trains and the Virgin CrossCountry franchises, ahead of its invitation to tender on October...
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Northern Trains, trading as Northern, is a British train operating company that operates commuter and medium-distance intercity services in the North...
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Virgin Voyages also revealed it would ban all single-use plastics from its fleet. In February 2024, satellite operator, SES announced that Virgin Voyages...
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TransPennine Express (redirect from Stagecoach Trans Pennine Express Trains Limited)
operator of last resort (OLR) TransPennine Trains. The performance of TransPennine Trains has been criticised, being amongst the least punctual train...
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British Rail Class 87 (section Virgin Trains)
mid 1990s, all but one of the Class 87s were transferred to Virgin Trains. Under this operator, the type continued their passenger duties until the advent...
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