The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007, and the InterCity East Coast franchise from 2015 to 2018. In 2004, he launched spaceflight corporation Virgin Galactic, dependent at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane made for house tourism.