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Avanti Pendolino 390148 1A65 1655 Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston Stockport 19th Nov 2023 Tom McAtee.

Avanti West Coast’s ‘Flying Scouseman’ reaches major milestone

Avanti West Coast's 'Flying Scouseman' Pendolino clocks up two million miles in service since being named in 2017.

Pete Waterman Train Naming 2

Avanti West Coast's Crewe station hosts event to honour Pete Waterman

Avanti West Coast join industry partners to surprise music legend Pete Waterman with secret train naming.

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.  

Zeb Nash, who volunteers as an Avanti West Coast Community Champion, with a collection box for donations made to Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank

Avanti West Coast teams up with foodbank to help those in need

Avanti West Coast creates dedicated foodbank donation point to help those in need. 

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. 

Daniel Rogerson stands in front of his favourite train - an Avanti West Coast Pendolino - which he enjoys watching travel along the West Coast Main Line near his home in Wigan.

Five-year-old Avanti West Coast superfan becomes rookie trainee driver

A train superfan becomes a rookie trainee driver for the day after Avanti West Coast discovered his love of Pendolinos. 

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. 

Club Avanti wins at Marketing Society Awards

Avanti West Coast’s loyalty programme wins at leading marketing awards

Club Avanti wins the ‘Customer Engagement and Loyalty’ category at the Marketing Society Awards

Feel Good Feel Trip - Meadow Park School - Oxley

Avanti West Coast and Alstom open the doors to Oxley depot for Feel Good Field Trip

Students enjoy a visit to Oxley depot for an interactive Feel Good Field Trip and a close up look of Avanti West Coast's new Evero train. 

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 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.