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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).
Avanti West Coast: what routes does it operate? The main network covers around 700 miles of track. It centres on the West Coast main line to and from London Euston. The main cities served are:
Avanti West Coast strikes. On New Year’s Eve train managers working for Avanti West Coast will begin a five-month series of strikes. The members of the RMT union will also stop work on 2 January ...
An Avanti West Coast spokesperson: “We are pleased that the RMT has made the decision to suspend planned industrial action on Sunday 19 and Sunday 26 January. We remain open to working with them ...
Avanti West Coast CrossCountry TransPennine Express DB Cargo Freightliner Direct Rail Services: Rolling stock: Class 220 "Voyager" Class 221 "SuperVoyager" Class 385 Class 397 "Civity" Class 390 "Pendolino" Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC
In December 2019, Avanti West Coast placed an order for 10 seven-car Class 807 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. [19] These were planned to enter service in 2023. [20] In June 2022, 221142 and 221143 were the first Class 221 units to be ...
The West Coast Main Line runs through two of these regions ("Scotland's Railway" and "North West and Central") and is a part of 3 routes ("Scotland", "North West" and "West Coast Mainline South"). The cities and towns served by the WCML are listed in the tables below.
The Government is considering withdrawing Avanti’s contract to run train services on the West Coast Mainline, as ministers insisted “all options” remain on the table once the agreement ends ...