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Virgin Trains (VT) (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) [1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019.
During July 2008, Virgin was awarded a contract by the DfT to manage the introduction of 106 extra Class 390 Pendolino carriages. [28] [29] Virgin Trains made further enhancements to the Pendolino fleet, [30] perhaps most noticeable change was the 21 nine-car units each had one first class carriage converted to standard class. [31] [32] [33]
In October 2012, the DfT announced that Virgin Trains would continue to operate the franchise for between 9 and 13 months until a short-term interim franchise competition for the West Coast could be rerun. [37] [38] [39] In December 2012, Virgin was awarded a 23-month management contract until November 2014. [40]
Stagecoach (50%) / SNCF (30%) / Virgin Group (20%) In December 2018, the Spanish state-owned company Renfe Operadora joined the MTR-led bid. [ 9 ] During April 2019, it was announced that the incumbent Stagecoach-led bid had been disqualified after it had proposed significant changes to the commercial terms, specially in regards to staff pensions .
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Class 800 in Virgin Trains East Coast livery. Although Virgin Trains East Coast had no plans of its own to introduce new rolling stock, 10 five-car and 13 nine-car Class 800 bi-mode trains and 12 five-car and 30 nine-car Class 801 EMUs were due to be introduced during VTEC's franchise term as part of the DfT-led Intercity Express Programme. [24]
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As of October 2016, VRE transports an average of 19,400 passengers per day. [16] In 2015, VRE extended its contract with Keolis for five years, with an additional option for another five-year extension in 2020. [17] That option was exercised in 2020, so Keolis will continue to provide operational and maintenance services through June 2025. [18]