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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).
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.
The following is a list of high-speed trains that have been, are, ... Avanti West Coast: Hitachi Rail: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC 225 (140 mph) 2025 BR Class 810:
Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast face months of disruption. Walk-outs began on 31 December and are set to continue until the late May bank holiday weekend ...
In 2002, Virgin Trains introduced a new high-speed service on the West Coast Main Line with a fleet of 53 custom-designed Pendolino trains. [15] The nine-car trains were constructed by Alstom and are equipped with a tilting mechanism developed by Fiat to enable them to run at high speeds on existing rail infrastructure, thus fulfilling the aims ...
The biggest rail union has suspended strikes on the West Coast main line for the next two Sundays – but the announcement comes too late for a normal service to run on 19 January.
Avanti West Coast is likely to run about 25 to 30 per cent of its services during the five-month series of strikes by members of the RMT union (Simon Calder) ... Train managers working for Avanti ...
The British Rail Class 807 Evero [8] is a type of electric multiple unit being built by Hitachi Rail for train operator Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi A-train design, a total of 10 seven-car units will be produced.