Virgin Trains

Company description

Virgin Trains (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group that has operated the InterCity West Coast franchise since 9 March 1997. Virgin Trains operates long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland. The service connects six of the UK's largest cities, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh, which have a combined metropolitan population of over 18 million people.

Company details

City:
London
Address:
London, United Kingdom

Participation in projects

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List of the updates in which the company was involved

Company updates

  • December 22, 2022

    California High speed rail line PPP project to start operation in 2023

    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced that California High speed rail line public private partnership (PPP) project between Los Angeles and Las Vegas (XpressWest) will be r...

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  • May 04, 2020

    US$600m bond approved for US$4.8bn HSR project in USA

    The California state finance committee has approved funding in the amount of US$ 600 million in tax-exempt bonds for a California high-speed rail line connecting Los Angeles and Las Vegas, originally...

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  • May 17, 2018

    UK Transport Secretary announces major rail PPP

    The head of the UK government's Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is taking control of the East Coast Main Line, a 632km railway connecting London to Edinburgh currently op...

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