Virgin seeks investment for cross-Channel routes
Virgin is reported to be making another bid to stay in the rail industry. This time, it is looking at international trains through the Channel Tunnel, and seeking to raise 700 million pounds for potential routes between London and cities like Paris and Brussels, in competition with Eurostar.
RMT names new general secretaryThe RMT has announced that former railway worker Eddie Dempsey has been elected unopposed as the new general secretary. He was previously senior assistant general secretary, and is taking over from Mick Lynch today (7 March).
All Eurostars to Paris cancelled after bomb foundAn unexploded bomb from World War Two has been unearthed near Paris Gare du Nord station, and all Eurostar services between London and Paris have been cancelled, along with many domestic train services in the Paris region.
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