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Saskia O'Donoghue

Virgin Trains takes major step towards challenging Eurostar with London to Europe services

Eurostar could finally be getting some competition on its London to Europe routes. Virgin Trains has cleared another major hurdle towards launching services to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, and could be able to run up to 20 daily return journeys from London to the continent from 2030.

The move would end Eurostar’s three-decade monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel and give travellers another option for crossing the Channel by train.

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