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Avanti West Coast Mike Lowe

Avanti West Coast employee to attempt half marathon for life-saving community cause

Avanti West Coast employee, Mike Lowe, is running Wilmslow Half Marathon in aid of a life-saving cause in the community. 

Karen Grimshaw, Avanti West Coast Station Manager at Stockport, dispatches the last train of her 35-year railway career.

Avanti West Coast employee blows the final whistle on 35-year railway career

Avanti West Coast employee completes final working day after clocking up 35 years on railway in the North West. 

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UPDATE: RMT strike action called off

Strike action by the RMT union every Sunday until 25 May has been called off

Marta Filipiuk Avanti West Coast

A third of Avanti West Coast’s new trainee driver recruits are women following trailblazing recruitment campaign

The operator is on track to increase the percentage of new female trainee recruits to 50 percent by 2030.

Avanti West Coast Big Sleepout 2025

Avanti West Coast colleagues swap beds for station concourse for charity

Participating in the yearly Big Sleepout challenge, the group raised over £2,500 for Railway Children.

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Avanti West Coast onboard to celebrate Railway 200

Avanti West Coast names a Pendolino Railway 200 as part of its plans to mark 200 years of Britain's modern railway.

Scott Mills holding his Scottport sign. Copywright: BBC Radio 2

Stockport Station renamed ‘Scottport’ to celebrate the new Scott Mills Breakfast Show

Avanti West Coast temporarily rename station to ‘Scottport’  to mark Scott Mills taking over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

School pupils dress up in railway uniform at Avanti West Coast's celebration event in Parliament to mark the completion of its Feel Good Field Trips initiative.

Avanti West Coast celebrates final stop for Feel Good Field Trips

Avanti West Coast celebrates award-winning Feel Good Field Trips initiative coming to an end with event in Parliament.

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Avanti West Coast issues travel reminder ahead of New Year strike action

Customers are reminded to travel either side of 31 December and 2 January.

Super Voyager Conwy Castle

Avanti West Coast bids farewell to the Super Voyager

Avanti West Coast's Super Voyager trains bow out of service as the new Evero fleet is rolled out. 

Pendolino - Euston Station - Platform 2

Avanti West Coast issues travel advice ahead of New Year strike action

Avanti West Coast customers are advised to travel either side of strike dates this New Year.

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Avanti West Coast champions local people and places at Community Rail Conference

Avanti West Coast's Community Rail Conference celebrates local initiatives that bring railway closer to people it serves.