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(L - R): Jo Caulfield (BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2021 Host), Gareth Williams (Head of Sustainability at Avanti West Coast), Ryan Hans (Environment Executive at Avanti West Coast)

Sustainability Team of the Year honour for Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast's Responsible Business Team recognised at BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2021. 

Pendolino carriage stripped bare

Behind the scenes images of the UK’s biggest ever train fleet upgrade revealed

Avanti West Coast's Pendolino stripped bare as work on the £117m project to transform the fleet gathers pace. 

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Avanti West Coast launches new ‘Feel Good Travel’ campaign

The effortless, enjoyable experience of rail travel is brought to life in new Feel Good Travel campaign starring a rollerblading turtle.

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Avanti West Coast invests £45 million to upgrade Wi-Fi coverage across West Coast Main Line

Avanti West Coast has partnered with BT to boost digital connectivity on West Coast Main Line through upgrades to mobile and Wi-Fi infrastructure. 

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Avanti West Coast begins the UK’s biggest ever train fleet upgrade

Start of a £117m investment to refurbish and transform Pendolinos - the UK's hardest working fleet. 

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Avanti West Coast launch Standard Premium service

Avanti West Coast set to transform UK rail travel with launch of new Standard Premium class.

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“At-Seat Order” rolled out across Avanti West Coast UK network

Customers in Standard can now have food and drink delivered to their seat.

Left to right: Charlie Zivanovic (a rail user), Himesh Patel (Revenue Protection Officer at Avanti West Coast)

Dedicated social media community helps disabled people with rail travel in industry first from Avanti West Coast

Exclusive social media forum aims to build interactive online community for disabled people travelling on the West Coast Main Line. 

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Avanti West Coast customers to benefit from partnership with live journey website

Avanti West Coast partners with Realtime Trains to provide additional handy information to help customers plan ahead. 

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Avanti West Coast trainee driver encourages more women to follow her career path

To mark International Women's Day, trainee driver Chloe McKinlay hopes her positive experience will give others women confidence.

Fabrication overview

Work begins on Avanti West Coast’s new fleet of trains

New British built Avanti West Coast trains take shape at Hitachi Rail's factory following significant investment in welding facilities.