Company type | Limited company |
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Industry | Transport |
Founded | 1997 |
Founder | Richard Branson |
Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Owner | Virgin Group (51%) Stagecoach (49%) |
Subsidiaries | Virgin CrossCountry (1997–2007) Virgin Trains West Coast (1997–2019) |
Website | www |
Virgin Rail Group (WCT Group since 2021)[1] is a British rail transport company that was formed by the Virgin Group to bid for rail franchises in the United Kingdom during the privatisation of British Rail in the late 1990s.