Billionaire Sir Richard Branson plans to take on Eurostar’s 30-year train monopoly with $900 million Virgin Group fundraise
Branson's Virgin Group confirmed a mammoth fundraising plan that could see Virgin operate a Eurostar alternative by the end ...
Virgin Group seeks to raise funding for cross-Channel Eurostar rival
Virgin Group wants to launch the new service by the end of the decade, initially running trains from London to Paris and ...
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record1d
World War II bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
The disposal of what Paris police called an "excessively dangerous" unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of ...
Times News Online2d
WWII bomb found, snarls Paris transportation
The disposal of what Paris police called an “excessively dangerous” unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of ...
Courthouse News Service3d
Thousands stranded as massive WWII bomb blocks Paris train station
Authorities eventually defused the half-ton bomb after evacuating about 200 people from homes in the area and cancelling international and local trains.
Eurostar train service resumes after discovery of unexploded WWII bomb
The bomb, described as "really huge," was successfully disposed of after over 300 officers mobilized to handle the situation, and travel resumed shortly after.