Virgin Trains has inched closer to the ability to run rail service through Europe’s English Channel after a government regulator signed-off on Virgin’s application.
Sir Richard Branson’s train line got approved by the British office of Rail and Road to share depot stations with Eurostar.
“While there is still some way to go before the first new services can run, we stand ready to work with Virgin Trains as their plans develop,” Martin Jones, the ORR’s deputy director of access and international, told the BBC Thursday.
Eurostar has held a monopoly on the tunnel since its 1994 opening. It could mean a return of Virgin Trains since its 2019 departure after it lost a contract to Avanati West Coast.
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