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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).
Founded in December 2019, it is currently operated by First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited, comprising two distinct parts, Avanti West Coast which runs the current services on the WCML, and West Coast Partnership Development, which is the 'shadow operator' for future high-speed services.
Virgin Trains West Coast: InterCity West Coast: 9 March 1997: 7 December 2019 [11] Avanti West Coast: VT West Anglia Great Northern (West Anglia Main Line and Lea Valley Lines) West Anglia Great Northern National Express: 5 January 1997: 31 March 2004: One: WN West Anglia Great Northern (Great Northern and Fenline routes) West Anglia Great ...
Transport for the North passed a motion on Wednesday to urge Transport Secretary Mark Harper to terminate the operator’s contract.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said Avanti West Coast is ‘back on track’ after struggling with reliability. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
A line-up of First Great Western trains at Plymouth in 2018. During December 1997, the company was renamed FirstGroup; [2] this change was due to the company's entry in February 1996 into Britain's recently privatised railways, having a 24.5% shareholding in Great Western Holdings that won the Great Western and North Western franchises, and a 100% shareholding in First Great Eastern that ran ...
[8] [9] Stagecoach already operated the Island Line Trains and South West Trains franchises in its own right. [10] [11] Upon being re-tendered, in November 2007 the CrossCountry franchise was taken over by Arriva CrossCountry. [12] [13] In December 2019, the West Coast franchise was taken over by Avanti West Coast after being re-tendered. [14]
Train managers at Avanti West Coast have turned down an offer worth £250 for working on a day off – or £300 at weekends.. After emphatically rejecting the proposal, the RMT union members plan ...