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Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands (notably Birmingham New Street), the North West and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line. Prior to 11 November 2007, the company also provided services linking the south and south-west of England with the north of England and Scotland, via Birmingham. Although it is branded as part of the Virgin Group, their share in the company is only 51%, with the remaining 49% held by Stagecoach Group.
Virgin Trains was formed to take advantage of the privatisation of British Rail in the mid 1990s, and was initially successful in winning two: InterCity West Coast and InterCity Cross Country . The two franchises, although separate companies (in common ownership) both legally and operationally, were marketed as a single brand.







