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Avanti West Coast releases best fares for Christmas holidays

Avanti West Coast customers can now book best fares for travel dates over Christmas and New Year. 

Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Wyre, officially opens the new Changing Places toilet at Lancaster station

New Changing Places toilet opens at Lancaster station

A new accessible toilet for disabled people has opened at Lancaster station.  

Train bogies belonging to Avanti West Coast's Pendolino fleet are undergoing a major overhaul at Alstom's facility in Crewe.

Train bogie overhaul project reaches major milestone

The largest revamp of train bogies belonging to Avanti West Coast's Pendolino fleet has reached a major milestone.  

Avanti West Coast worked with behavioural science specialist, Richard Shotton, to create illustrations of elements of the station building that have a similar appearance to eyes and a mouth for a suite of posters and largescale artwork for its Take care. Get there. safety campaign.

Station facilities brought to life in campaign to help people take care on rail journeys

Avanti West Coast's Take care. Get there. campaign uses artwork to draw attention to parts of station building that improve safety. 

Cheshire Buddies have received funding from Avanti West Coast to support young people to access the railway

Avanti West Coast gets onboard with ‘Train Buddies’ to give young people access to the railway

Avanti West Coast supports charity's 'Train Buddies' project to give young people in Cheshire access to the railway. 

A man dressed in a hi-vis jacket holds open a bin filled with cardboard.

Avanti West Coast boosts recycling rates at stations with waste segregation officers

Avanti West Coast saves hundreds of tonnes of recyclables following introduction of Waste Segregation Officers at stations. 

Last Pendolino Event

Final Pendolino refurbished as part the UK’s biggest fleet upgrade

Avanti West Coast welcomes the 56th and last refurbished Pendolino into its fleet at an event at Alstom's Widnes facility.

Avanti West Coast Superfare Railway Innovation Awards

Avanti West Coast’s low-cost Superfare ticket wins innovation award

Superfare won the “Passenger experience” category at this year’s Railway Innovation Awards

Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390155  passes over Docker Viaduct,  with 1000 Glasgow Central to London Euston

Keswick becomes virtual railway station to support sustainable journeys in the Lakes

Keswick added to railway journey planners so visitors can travel seamlessly across train and bus to the Lakes this summer. 

Award West Coast team celebrate International Loyalty Award win

Avanti West Coast’s loyalty programme wins international award

'Club Avanti' is honoured at the International Loyalty Awards

The Arragon's Cycles team deliver an e-bikes to a visitor at Penrith station as part of its e-bike hire service

Avanti West Coast partners with Cumbrian cycle shop to wheel out e-bike hire at Penrith

Avanti West Coast and Arragon's Cycles team up to offer visitors to the Lakes a seamless transfer between train and bike.