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The First Class interior of a Class 807. In December 2019, Avanti West Coast placed an order for 10 seven-car electric units which will replace its Class 221 fleet, along with 13 Class 805 bi-mode units as part of £350 million contract with Hitachi Rail. [9]
First class interior of a Class 805 unit. The British Rail Class 805 Evero is a type of bi-mode multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Avanti West Coast.Based on the Hitachi A-train design, 13 five-car units were built to replace Class 221s on services between London Euston, Birmingham New Street and stations on the North Wales Coast lines.
First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership. During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP).
Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast face months of disruption, starting on 31 December and continuing until the late May bank holiday weekend. Train managers ...
London Euston station on the first day of the Avanti West Coast train managers’ strike, 31 December 2024 (Simon Calder) Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast ...
The British Rail Class 390 Pendolino is a type of electric high-speed passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains. [3] They are electric multiple units using Fiat Ferroviaria 's tilting train Pendolino technology and built by Alstom .
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Avanti West Coast Class 221 at Crewe in 2024, in a light Avanti ends livery. Virgin Trains West Coast Class 221 at Watford Junction in 2008. Avanti West Coast used the Class 221 units primarily between London Euston, Chester, Wrexham and North Wales. They were also used by a declining number of London Euston to West Midlands services.