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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. 

Super Voyager Conwy Castle

Avanti West Coast bids farewell to the Super Voyager

Avanti West Coast's Super Voyager trains bow out of service as the new Evero fleet is rolled out. 

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

Avanti West Coast launches scheme to support community projects for the fifth consecutive year

Avanti West Coast invites applications for funding aimed at supporting community projects to enhance local areas along its route.

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 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. 

Avanti West Coast Carlisle World Bee Day 1

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 and DHL Supply Chain team up on innovative solution to reduce food waste

Avanti West Coast and DHL Supply Chain roll out temperature monitoring devices across catering operations in UK rail industry first. 

Credit: Tom Stevenson

Avanti West Coast champions sustainable business activity with Social Value Report

Social Value Report showcases Avanti West Coast's efforts to make a difference to local communities. 

Axminster Carpets - Team

Axminster Carpets deliver sustainable floor coverings for refurbished Pendolino fleet

Avanti West Coast's partnership with world renowned Axminster Carpets helps transform the interior of their iconic Pendolino trains.