What is Virgin Trains?
{{Infobox rail company |name=Virgin Trains West Coast |abbr=VT |logo=Virgintrains-logo.svg |image=Virgin_Pendolino_at_Euston.jpg |image_size=300px |caption = <!--''Be Bound for Glory''--> |franchise=[[InterCity West Coast]]<br>9 March 1997 -2019 <ref>{{cite news|title=Government launches bids for West Coast franchise|url=http://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/2728607-government-launches-bidding-west-coast-franchise|accessdate=27 March 2018|publisher=Buying Business Travel|date=27 March 2018|archive-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218211149/https://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/2728607-government-launches-bidding-west-coast-franchise/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |nameforarea=route |regions=[[London]] - [[Scotland]]<br>[[London]] - [[North West England|North West]]<br>[[London]] - [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]<br>[[London]] - [[Chester]] |secregions=[[London]] - [[Holyhead]]<br>[[London]] - [[Shrewsbury]]<br>[[London]] - [[Wrexham]]<br>[[London]] - [[Blackpool]] |fleet=56 [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390 ''Pendolino'']] sets<br>20 [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 ''Super Voyager'']] sets |stations=48 |stationsop=17 |parent_company= [[Virgin Rail Group]]<br>[[Virgin Group]] (51%)<br>[[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] (49%) |website=www.virgintrains.co.uk |}} '''Virgin Trains''' was a [[train operating company]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. They ran trains from [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] to the [[North West England|North West]], West Midlands and Scotland on the [[West Coast Main Line]] and trains on the East Coast Main Coast Mainline between London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. Before 11 November 2007, they also run trains linking the south and south-west of England with the north of England through [[Manchester]] and [[Scotland]], through [[Birmingham]], under the CrossCountry franchise. Although it is branded as part of [[Virgin Group]], Virgin's share in the company is only 51%, with the remaining 49% owned by [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach.]] Virgi