Avanti West Coast

Large queues form at Lime Street station on May 26 after Liverpool FC’s parade, causing severe delays on the network.

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Liverpool overcrowding: "Lessons will be learned" after 166,000 passengers use Lime Street on one day

An estimated 166,000 passengers used Liverpool Lime Street on May 26, way above the estimated 30,000 for the bank holiday weekend.

Network Rail 4 Jun

Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390104 passing Rugby. MIKE BROOK.

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Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one

Network Rail has said WCML performance is likely to worsen when already approved new services are added later this year.

West Coast Main Line 7 May

Avanti West Coast's 390016 at launch of Alstom's Greatest Gathering for Railway 200. ALSTOM.

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Signal fault delays Avanti West Coast's Euston-Glasgow record attempt

Signal fault in north London could not be fixed in time for earmarked date.

Avanti West Coast 6 May

Virgin Trains 390104 at London Euston prior to working the 2300 to Manchester Piccadilly on September 4. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Virgin appeals to overturn Network Rail's Liverpool path decision for Avanti

Virgin says Network Rail shouldn't have given Avanti West Coast permission to start running in long-disused paths.

Virgin 21 Mar

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Avanti West Coast to challenge West Coast Main Line journey record as part of Railway 200

Pendolino to take on 41-year record for the fastest journey between London and Glasgow.

Avanti West Coast 31 Jan

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Broken down Pendolino on West Coast Main Line for 33 hours after losing power

Avanti West Coast unit lost power after pantograph struck object on overhead line catenary

West Coast Main Line 20 Jan

An Avanti West Coast Pendolino on a London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly service

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RMT calls off Avanti Christmas strikes as its members mull new offer

Avanti West Coast Train managers have suspended strike action which had been called by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT).

RMT 13 Dec

Avanti West Coast is the principal operator on the West Coast Main Line, and has submitted five different bids for extra train paths as it seeks to return services that were withdrawn during COVID. But it faces competition from a posse of open access operators. AWC 805005 approaches Rugeley Trent Valley on May 10, during a Class 805 ‘Evero’ test run. ALAMY.

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Avanti West Coast train managers to strike over Christmas in rest day working row

RMT members have rejected an offer from the operator

Avanti West Coast 11 Dec

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Network Rail to switch on Euston station’s big screen for passenger updates

Network Rail is set to re-activate the large screen at London Euston station as part of a trial to provide clearer and more visible travel information for passengers.

Network Rail 10 Dec

Avanti West Coast Class 221 Voyager passes through Watford Junction. JACK BOSKETT

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Avanti West Coast announces final day for its Class 221 Voyagers

Avanti West Coast has confirmed the final diagram for its last Class 221 Voyager fleet

Avanti West Coast 5 Dec

Avanti West Coast 807003 heads south past Atherstone on November 14 operating the 1043 Liverpool Lime Street to Euston service. GRAHAM NUTTALL

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Avanti Class 807s among latest new trains to enter traffic across the network

Avanti West Coast, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia are amongst the operators to bring new units into service in recent weeks

New Trains 3 Dec

Lumo 803 001 arrives at Newcastle Central forming the 1525 Edinburgh-King’s Cross on August 6 2022. Lumo is one of three open access operators on the East Coast Main Line. ANTONY GUPPY.

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Office of Rail and Road inundated with more than 80 track applications

The ORR is shifting through more than 80 track applications after putting out a call for bids earlier this year

Office of Rail and Road 2 Dec

Avanti West Coast's 807003 at London Euston on the day of its passenger debut. PIP DUNN.

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First impressions of Avanti West Coast's '807' during low-key passenger debut

Avanti West Coast put its first Class 807 Evero unit into service last month, so Pip Dunn went along to get a first impression

Avanti West Coast 18 Nov

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All train doors at Birmingham New Street to close 40 seconds before departures

Network Rail has made the change in agreement with all train operators in a bid to keep services at Birmingham New Street on time

Network Rail 13 Nov

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Delay Repay compensation figures explained after train operators pay out £138m in 12 months

Avanti West Coast and LNER have paid the most in delay repay compensation over the past year

Delays 12 Nov

The first Class 807 to work from Liverpool to Euston arrived at Lime Street. Photo by Avanti West Coast

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First '807s' enter service on Liverpool route as part of diagram including Wolverhampton and Blackpool

807001 has become the first of the Class 807 Evero units to operate between Lime Street and Euston

Avanti West Coast 12 Nov

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Avanti West Coast's Class 807 makes 'soft' passenger debut between London Euston and Birmingham

The first of Avanti West Coast's Class 807 units was given a soft launch into traffic at the weekend, running two return trips between Birmingham New Street and London Euston

Avanti West Coast 30 Oct

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Euston Station to trial earlier boarding as part of five-part plan

Network Rail and train operating companies, Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway, are implementing a trial of earlier train boarding at London Euston station to combat the notorious "Euston rush" and enhance the overall passenger experience.

Budget 28 Oct

805 crew training run Crewe 07.06.24. BEN JONES

Feature

Moment of truth for AWC ‘Everos’

Avanti West Coast’s first Hitachi ‘Evero’ bi-mode trains entered passenger service on June 2. Ben Jones takes a close look at the new Class 805s

Locomotives 15 Jul

Colleagues from Alstom, Angel Trains and Avanti West Coast in front of the final refurbished Pendolino at Widnes. AVANTI WEST COAST.

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Final Pendolino completes its refurb as UK's biggest fleet upgrade finishes

Avanti West Coast's iconic Pendolino fleet is back on track, following its record-breaking £117 million refurbishment project. The last completed train rolled out of Alstom's Widnes facility on Monday, marking the successful conclusion of the UK's biggest ever fleet upgrade.

Avanti West Coast 26 Jun

Avanti West Coast

Liverpool overcrowding: "Lessons will be learned" after 166,000 passengers use Lime Street on one day

Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one

Signal fault delays Avanti West Coast's Euston-Glasgow record attempt

Virgin appeals to overturn Network Rail's Liverpool path decision for Avanti

Avanti West Coast to challenge West Coast Main Line journey record as part of Railway 200

Broken down Pendolino on West Coast Main Line for 33 hours after losing power

RMT calls off Avanti Christmas strikes as its members mull new offer

Avanti West Coast train managers to strike over Christmas in rest day working row

Network Rail to switch on Euston station’s big screen for passenger updates

Avanti West Coast announces final day for its Class 221 Voyagers

Avanti Class 807s among latest new trains to enter traffic across the network

Office of Rail and Road inundated with more than 80 track applications

First impressions of Avanti West Coast's '807' during low-key passenger debut

All train doors at Birmingham New Street to close 40 seconds before departures

Delay Repay compensation figures explained after train operators pay out £138m in 12 months

First '807s' enter service on Liverpool route as part of diagram including Wolverhampton and Blackpool

Avanti West Coast's Class 807 makes 'soft' passenger debut between London Euston and Birmingham

Euston Station to trial earlier boarding as part of five-part plan

Moment of truth for AWC ‘Everos’

Final Pendolino completes its refurb as UK's biggest fleet upgrade finishes

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

Avanti West Coast

Liverpool overcrowding: "Lessons will be learned" after 166,000 passengers use Lime Street on one day

Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one

Signal fault delays Avanti West Coast's Euston-Glasgow record attempt

Virgin appeals to overturn Network Rail's Liverpool path decision for Avanti

Avanti West Coast to challenge West Coast Main Line journey record as part of Railway 200

Broken down Pendolino on West Coast Main Line for 33 hours after losing power

RMT calls off Avanti Christmas strikes as its members mull new offer

Avanti West Coast train managers to strike over Christmas in rest day working row

Network Rail to switch on Euston station’s big screen for passenger updates

Avanti West Coast announces final day for its Class 221 Voyagers

Avanti Class 807s among latest new trains to enter traffic across the network

Office of Rail and Road inundated with more than 80 track applications

First impressions of Avanti West Coast's '807' during low-key passenger debut

All train doors at Birmingham New Street to close 40 seconds before departures

Delay Repay compensation figures explained after train operators pay out £138m in 12 months

First '807s' enter service on Liverpool route as part of diagram including Wolverhampton and Blackpool

Avanti West Coast's Class 807 makes 'soft' passenger debut between London Euston and Birmingham

Euston Station to trial earlier boarding as part of five-part plan

Moment of truth for AWC ‘Everos’

Final Pendolino completes its refurb as UK's biggest fleet upgrade finishes

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

Further MML electrification and York capacity projects paused

DB Cargo sells three more Class 90s for reuse

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

16 DB Cargo UK drivers switching to rival