{
  "id": 1464765,
  "title": "Virgin Trains takes major step towards challenging Eurostar with London to Europe services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/virgin-trains-takes-major-step-towards-challenging-eurostar-with",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:26:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/08/17/virgin-trains-takes-major-step-towards-challenging-eurostar-with-london-to-europe-services"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Virgin Trains has been cleared to run up to 20 daily return services through the Channel Tunnel from 2030, bringing an end to Eurostar’s long-running monopoly one step closer.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}