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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.  

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.

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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.

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. 

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. 

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-winning artist, Rob Mulholland, with Hope in Hamilton art installation he developed with local community

Hamilton station becomes platform for transformed train carriage promoting mental health

A train carriage has been transformed into an interactive art installation to champion positive mental health at Hamilton Central station. 

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. 

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Avanti West Coast hosts hive of activity for schoolchildren to mark World Bee Day

Avanti West Coast celebrates World Bee Day by creating a buzz about pollinators for Carlisle schoolchildren. 

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Avanti West Coast teams up with Warrington Wolves to offer new Feel Good Field Trip

Avanti West Coast welcomes schoolchildren on new Feel Good Field Trip to home of Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club.