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 ...
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 ...
Virgin Group aims to raise $900 million to fund Eurostar rival, FT reports
British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group aims to raise 700 million pounds ($900 million) to fund its bid to launch ...
WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
The bomb was discovered in Paris around 4 a.m. by workers doing earth-moving work near the tracks in the Seine-Saint-Denis ...
Discovery of Unexploded World War II Bomb Halts Paris Trains and Eurostar
The police successfully defused the explosive device, which weighs more than 1,000 pounds and was found near tracks north of ...
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‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris triggers major rail disruption
Services to London and Brussels were hit, Eurostar said. French transport minister Philippe Tabarot said that train services will gradually resume and roads will reopen later Friday from 6pm local ...
Discovery of WWII bomb causes hours of travel chaos in Paris, including Eurostar train closure
The cascade of transportation woes hit morning rush-hour train services before spreading to the road network, with Paris ...
WW2 bomb disrupts Eurostar.
The unexploded bomb was discovered overnight in the Saint-Denis suburb of Paris during works on the tracks, halting the ...
Eurostar train service resumes after discovery of unexploded WWII bomb
The bomb, described as "really huge," was successfully disposed of after over 300 officers mobilized to handle the situation, and travel resumed shortly after.
Eurostar trains cancelled after WWII bomb found on tracks near Gare du Nord
All Eurostar services between London and Paris have been cancelled on Friday after an unexploded Second World War bomb was ...
WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
The disposal of what Paris police called an “excessively dangerous” unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of ...