Oppose, Virgin Trains is about a train operator that ceased in 2019, this is about a separate prospective operator with a different ownership structure. Virgin Trains was a franchised operator, if it comes to fruition, this will be an
open access operator.In the same way that we have
Flybe (1979-2020) and
Flybe (2022–2023), same brand, but otherwise completely different. 00:15, 7 July 2024 (UTC) — Preceding
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Grenfruy (
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Merge as it does not appear the future incarnation is yet notable. Can be covered within the extant article until such time as notability changes and it can be spun out.
StarMississippi01:35, 7 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep per Grenfruy, or merge to a new overview article about the various uses of the Virgin brand in relation to UK railways. I Oppose merging to an existing article because none of those listed
Virgin Trains (disambiguation) are suitable merge targets (based on those articles and the dab page).
Thryduulf (
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01:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Unless and until we know a lot more detail about the new plans it's impossible to say whether open access operators will be a feature of a nationalised railway (there are hundreds (at least) of possible structures it could take), but that's only tangentially relevant
crystal ball-gazing. This is notable as a proposal (probably individually, definitely as part of a broader article) whether they end up ever running trains or not.
Thryduulf (
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17:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply