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Avanti West Coast
October 10, 2022
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Main line
Avanti West Coast granted short contract extension to improve performance
Train services on Britain’s West Coast Main Line have been severely curtailed due to a shortage of drivers.
September 6, 2022
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Main line
Avanti West Coast MD stands down as reduced timetable continues
Industrial dispute has forced operator to reduce services.
July 6, 2022
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Innovations
Avanti West Coast becomes first train operator to join British research network
Initiative brings together experts and academic institutions to revolutionise rail travel.
July 22, 2021
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Fleet
Alstom begins Avanti West Coast Pendolino refurbishment
Avanti West Coast claims Britain’s biggest-ever train refurbishment.
July 10, 2021
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Europe
European operators plan rail service to COP26 in Glasgow
Passengers will travel by Eurostar from Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Brussels to London, where they will change to an Avanti West Coast train to Glasgow.
May 13, 2021
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Passenger
Out of the franchise and into the fire? British train operators ready for reform
Covid-19 spelt the end of the British franchising system for passenger operations. Kevin Smith analyses the impact of the pandemic on the sector and asks what should come next.
January 8, 2020
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Fleet
Alstom wins £642m British train refurbishment and maintenance contract
BRITAIN’s new operator of the West Coast Main Line, Avanti West Coast, has awarded Alstom a seven-year contract worth around £642m to refurbish and maintain the 56 electric Pendolino tilting trains which Alstom originally supplied in 2003.
December 15, 2019
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Fleet
Bombardier to maintain Avanti fleet
BOMBARDIER signed a new Train Services Agreement (TSA) with FirstGroup and Trenitalia on December 12 for the new Avanti West Coast franchise in Britain, which started on December 8.
December 9, 2019
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Main line
Avanti West Coast launched in London
THE West Coast Partnership (WCP) of First Group and Trenitalia officially launched operation of Avanti services on Britain’s West Coast Main Line at an event held at London Euston station on December 9.
December 6, 2019
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Fleet
Hitachi awarded £350m Avanti West Coast fleet contract
FIRST Trenitalia, which will launch its Avanti West Coast franchise in Britain on December 8, has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract worth more than £350m to provide and maintain 23 200km/h inter-city trains, which will enter service from 2022.
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