At this year’s Golden Spanner awards, Avanti West Coast’s Class 390 Pendolino fleet has won a Silver Spanner.

The award is given to the most improved fleet in terms of reliability over 12 months.

There are numerous categories, which Avanti won in the ‘First generation new inter-city’ for the first time.

Since first entering service in 2002, the fleet has travelled over 300 million miles and has become a common sight on the West Coast Main Line.

The Pendolino fleet received a refurbishment last year, seeing them revamped with new seats, a shop, information screens and more.

 “This award is a testament to the hard work that our Pendolino team, together with Alstom, have put into improving maintenance regimes, reducing train faults and ensuring that the iconic fleet delivers a reliable service for our customers.

“Over the last two decades, this fleet has become synonymous with the West Coast Main Line and by winning this award, shows that these iconic trains which have travelled hundreds of millions of miles are still going strong today.”

Alan Fravolini, Project Director at Alstom said “We are delighted to share this award with Avanti West Coast. It is a great representation of what mature collaboration can bring about and is a great reward for the hard work and focus provided by our teams over recent times. This gives us a great foundation to build on where we will see further improvements going forward.”

Dean Duthie, Engineering and Infrastructure Director at Avanti West Coast