Billionaire Sir Richard Branson plans to take on Eurostar’s 30-year train monopoly with $900 million Virgin Group fundraise
Branson's Virgin Group confirmed a mammoth fundraising plan that could see Virgin operate a Eurostar alternative by the end of the decade.
Virgin Group seeks to raise funding for cross-Channel Eurostar rival
Virgin Group wants to launch the new service by the end of the decade, initially running trains from London to Paris and ...
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Eurostar expected to resume London-Paris services today
Eurostar services between London and Paris are expected to resume after the removal of an unexploded Second World War bomb ...
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Hen do says they’re ‘thriving in chaos’ after Eurostar cancels trains over WWII bomb
Weekend travel plans were upended after all Eurostar trains from London to Paris were cancelled today following the discovery of an unexploded World War Two bomb on railway tracks. The bomb was ...
Virgin Group Aims to Raise $900 Million to Fund Eurostar Rival, FT Reports
(Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group aims to raise 700 million pounds ($900 million) to fund its ...
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Unexploded WW II bomb in Paris halts domestic, continental travel for several hours
Roped-off sections for passengers using Eurostar train services are largely empty at St Pancras International railway station in London on Friday. (Frank Augstein/The Associated Press) Earlier ...