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Virgin Trains: Final service departs as UK's longest-running rail franchise ends. Britain's longest-running rail franchise came to an end on Saturday after more than 22 years. Virgin Trains, which began serving the West Coast Main Line in 1997, is being replaced by Avanti West Coast.



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In August 2019, it was announced that the Inter-City West Coast franchise had been awarded to Avanti West Coast, thus confirming that Virgin Trains would cease to operate trains after 7 December 2019. The final Virgin Trains service was the 21:42 service from London Euston to Wolverhampton arriving at 23:45.

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Avanti West Coast has been unveiled as the name of the operator replacing Virgin Trains. Aberdeen-based transport company FirstGroup and Italian firm Trenitalia announced the brand name for their partnership which will run services on the west coast route from December 8.

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The British Royal Train is used to convey senior members of the British royal family and associated staff of the Royal Household around the railway network of Great Britain. It is owned, maintained and operated by DB Cargo UK.

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Avanti West Coast reduced its timetable in August 2022 - citing unofficial strike action from its employees. In that month, cancellations were as high as 25%.

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Virgin Trains no more: Brightline severs ties with Richard Branson empire. Less than two years after Brightline announced a “strategic partnership” with Virgin Group and rebranded its trains as Virgin Trains USA, the rail service now says its parent company has scrapped the agreement.

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In most cases, we would say Lumo will have the edge when you're travelling alone. If you're travelling last-minute, you might snap up a great deal on quieter trains. However, busier trains might have little or no difference – it might even be cheaper to pick LNER.

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In 1923, Flying Scotsman was the first locomotive built at the Doncaster Works by the then newly formed LNER, which also celebrates its centenary this year. City of Doncaster Council and London North Eastern Railway (LNER) hosted the special visit, with support from the National Railway Museum.

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Azuma means “east” in Japanese. Our new trains use Japanese bullet train technology, built by Hitachi's UK manufacturing team in County Durham, using parts supplied from the North East.

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