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News

First Virgin East Coast trains

Virgin East Coast announces its first trains this weekend

26 Feb

News

Virgin Trains invests in local dairy farmers

Virgin Trains agrees to only supply locally-sourced milk on its train services.

25 Feb

News

Twitter becoming increasingly popular for passengers to contact rail providers

Research shows that passengers are increasingly using Twitter to contact train operators.

19 Feb

News

WCML closures cancelled due to Harbury Tunnel landslide

Work at Watford postponed to provide direct London route.

6 Feb

Feature

Shooting the breeze with Virgin’s Sheila

RICHARD CLINNICK meets Crewe station manager SHEILA BREEZE, who is retiring after 17 entertaining years on the railway

Staff and employment 21 Jan

News

Phil Whittingham appointed Virgin Trains managing director

Lead Executive at Virgin Trains is appointed MD, recognising his contribution to the operator.

16 Jan

Feature

From poisoned chalice to Holy Grail?

RAIL magazine examines the troubled history of rail operations on the East Coast Main Line since privatisation in the mid-1990s

Regulation 7 Jan

News

David Horne to lead East Coast franchise

East Midlands Trains Managing Director to take over Virgin Trains East Coast franchise

23 Dec

News

Virgin launches its Traindeer

Virgin Trains applies Christmas card design to Pendolino

17 Dec

News

East Coast deal confirmed

Department for Transport confirms it has officially signed East Coast rail franchise contract with Inter City Railways

10 Dec

News

Stagecoach and Virgin awarded East Coast franchise

Eight-year deal for Inter City Railways, a joint venture of Stagecoach Transport Holdings Ltd and Virgin Holdings Ltd. New franchise begins March 1 2015.

27 Nov

News

‘Pretendolino’ moves to Anglia

Former Virgin Trains Mk 3 set moves to Abellio Greater Anglia

25 Nov

Feature

Right staff…right place…right time

RICHARD CLINNICK meets the people that work on Britain’s hardest-working train - a Virgin Trains Pendolino that within 24 hours travels more than 1,300 miles

Staff and employment 20 Nov

Feature

Red Revolution

RICHARD CLINNICK goes behind the scenes to see how Virgin Trains' fleet of tilting Class 390 Pendolinos are maintained.

TOCs 17 Nov

Gallery

Longest day on a Pendolino

As part of the Longest Day Pendolino feature, RICHARD CLINNICK rode in the cab of the 1130 London Euston-Glasgow Central, formed of 390104 Alstom Pendolino

15 Nov

Feature

Britain’s hardest-working train

RICHARD CLINNICK climbs on board a Class 390 Pendolino that within 24 hours travels more than 1,300 miles up and down the West Coast Main Line

Locomotives 15 Nov

News

VT for Blackpool and Shrewsbury after deal extended

Virgin Trains will retain the West Coast franchise until April 2017.

9 Jul

Feature

Meet the 'X-Mendolino'

RAIL'S Richard Clinnick mingles with the stars as Virgin Trains unveils its brand new vinyled Class 390

Locomotives 30 Apr

Feature

Built to tilt

Pendolinos first carried passengers a decade ago. RICHARD CLINNICK details their history, and looks at work being carried out to boost their capacity.

Locomotives 22 Aug