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Food and essential items donated to support communities and NHS workers.

Avanti West Coast launch a series of fun activities for railway obsessed youngsters.

From Monday (March 23), and in keeping with the rest of the rail industry, Avanti West Coast will reduce the number of services running on the West Coast Main Line.

Following the news that airline Flybe will not be providing any flights today (Thursday 5 March),  FirstGroup's rail companies, including Avanti West Coast, will offer a free ticket on its trains to all Flybe customers and employees intending to travel during the coming week.

Tilting Ale is being served on Avanti West Coast services after it was brought back by popular demand.  

Model train enthusiasts will have the chance to get their hands on history by bidding for the very first Hornby Avanti West Coast Pendolino.

Britain’s most iconic train fleet is to undergo a major refurbishment that will create scores of high-skilled engineering jobs and secure hundreds more roles throughout the UK.

Avanti West Coast holds official launch event in Wrexham and announces package of improvements including new trains, more services, and improved compensation

Avanti West Coast officially takes over the operation of long-distance train services on the West Coast Main Line today (December 9, 2019), heralding a new era of intercity and future high-speed rail services in the UK.

First Trenitalia, whose new Avanti West Coast rail service starts on Sunday 8 December, has today awarded a contract worth more than £350m to Hitachi Rail to provide and maintain 23 new intercity trains (135 carriages), to be built at its County Durham factory.

FirstGroup and Trenitalia’s West Coast Partnership heralds a new era of innovative high-speed rail services