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On 9 October 2026, Alstom and Virgin have signed agreements to cover the supply of 12 Avelia Stream high-speed trains together with long-term maintenance services.
Virgin has offered a first glimpse of its plans to reimagine cross-Channel travel, releasing a new image of a striking black and red train and sharing some early clues about what customers can expect on board.
The Office of Rail and Road has announced that on 13 August 2026 it decided to pre-approve a new framework track access agreement between HS1 Limited and VTE OPCO Limited (Virgin Trains).
In January 2025, Virgin Group announced that it planned to order “a dozen high-speed trains to challenge Eurostar’s ‘monopoly’ in the Channel Tunnel”.
Virgin has submitted an application to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for four Open Access rail paths.