Tag: Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast offers Birmingham to London for less than a tenner

Avanti West Coast has reduced the price of its Superfare ticket between…

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Weather Warning affects train services across Scotland and Northern England

Avanti West Coast, LNER, ScotRail and TransPennine Express services are all affected…

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Pendolino named Asquith Xavier after guard who beat ‘whites-only’ policy

Avanti West Coast has named Pendolino 390103 after Asquith Xavier, a Black…

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Avanti West Coast reveals livery for its new fleet of trains

Avanti West Coast has released the first pictures of one of its…

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Long term contract awarded to Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry

Avanti West Coast has been awarded a long term contract by the…

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Three First Group companies are winners at National Rail Awards

Three First Group railway companies won awards at this year’s National Rail…

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Train drivers union announce further strike action this September / October

ASLEF, the train drivers union, has announced further strike action, with the…

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Avanti West Coast’s Pendolino fleet upgrade reaches major milestone

Avanti West Coast has completed the upgrade of the thirty-fifth - and…

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Survey shows high levels of dissatisfaction with Welsh rail services

The latest Rail User Survey by Transport Focus shows a decline in…

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Network Rail’s thanks to Northamptonshire passengers after construction disruption

Network Rail thanked passengers for their patience during the construction of a…

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