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  "id": 1462454,
  "title": "Virgin Trains gets go ahead to run services to Europe in new blow to Eurostar monopoly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/virgin-trains-gets-go-ahead-to-run-services-to-europe-in-new-blow-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:15:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/17/virgin-trains-services-to-europe-eurostar"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Operator wins track access approval for up to 20 daily return trains through tunnel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030 Business live – latest updates Virgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to run new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to break’s Eurostar’s passenger monopoly on the cross-Channel…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}