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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. 

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.

Pendolino 390200

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.

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.

Pendolino - Euston Station - Platform 2

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.