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Branson legal challenge holds up rail contract

Richard Branson's Virgin Rail Group on Monday succeeded in holding up a deal that threatens to strip it of its British rail franchise.

English business magnate Richard Branson, pictured in June 2012. Branson's Virgin Rail Group on Monday succeeded in holding up a deal that threatens to strip it of its British rail franchise.

Virgin Rail launched a legal challenge last month after losing the long-term deal with the British government to run the major West Coast Main Line railway from London to Glasgow to rival FirstGroup.

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