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Commemorative plaque marks night David Bowie slept at Stockport station on 27 April 1970.

Plaque commemorating night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled

Commemorative plaque to mark night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled. 

Avanti West Coast  COP26 climate train shots

Sustainability Partner of the Year honour for Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast named Sustainability Partner of the Year - Rail Operator at 2025 Business Travel Sustainability Awards. 

Amy Turner Avanti West Coast Pendolino

Avanti West Coast colleague who champions mental health to run London Marathon for Samaritans

Amy Turner is running her first marathon just five years after taking on the couch to 5km challenge. 

New Skylights on Platform 1 at Coventry Station

Coventry station brightened up with £600,000 investment to replace skylights

All 27 skylights on platform 1 replaced to further transform experience for customers.

Breaking Down Barriers Awards 2025

Avanti West Coast employee honoured for work to promote social inclusion

Avanti West Coast employee recognised at The Breaking Down Barriers Awards 2025 for work to promote social inclusion. 

Avanti West Coast and Stagecoach have reintroduced an integrated ticket covering train and bus journeys to and from the Lake District this summer

Return of Keswick’s virtual railway station to support sustainable journeys in the Lakes

Avanti West Coast and Stagecoach team up to create integrated ticket covering entire journeys to the Lake District across train and bus. 

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. 

Avanti West Coast Manchester Piccadilly 2 Low Res

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.