EUROPE RETURNS TO THE UK IN 2025

This year the European Passenger Federation will hold their 22nd annual conference in Swindon at the Steam Museum, which is near to the rail station. This will be the first time they have held their conference in the UK since 2008.

The town of Swindon has a rich rail history and is associated with Rail 200 – a range of events across the UK celebrating 200 years of the railways.

The conference will take place on Friday 13th June and Saturday 14th June. European Rail campaign (UK) is a member of the European Passenger Federation, which means that members of our campaign are entitled to pay the reduced fee for the conference. See here for further details about the conference: https://www.epf.eu/wp/save-the-date-epf-22nd-annual-conference/?utm_source=Laposta&utm_campaign=EPF+newsletter+86&utm_medium=email

AT LAST – VIRGIN TO RUN AN INTERNATIONAL TRAIN SERVICE FROM THE UK IN 2029?

Virgin have recently announced that they hope to place an order for 12 new high-speed trains. They plan to use them on a new service competing with the current Eurostar services on HS1 and the Channel Tunnel. See here for further details: https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/13/virgin-group-speeds-up-train-order-to-compete-with-eurostar-challenge