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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. 

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 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. 

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.

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.

Scott Mills holding his Scottport sign. Copywright: BBC Radio 2

Stockport Station renamed ‘Scottport’ to celebrate the new Scott Mills Breakfast Show

Avanti West Coast temporarily rename station to ‘Scottport’  to mark Scott Mills taking over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

Heart of Gold Award Frances Phillips

Avanti West Coast employee celebrated for receiving Lifetime Achievement Award

Frances Phillips recognised at Heart of Gold Awards for her longstanding service on the railway.

Avanti West Coast mark White Ribbon Day

Avanti West Coast marks White Ribbon Day after achieving accreditation

A railway choir puts on a special performance at Birmingham New Street to highlight the awareness day.