Virgin Trains have released the first Pendolino in the line of ‘new look’ class of EMUs. The work was undertaken by the original builders of the EMU, Alstom, at their newly opened facility in Widnes.

The new design livery, named ‘flowing silk’ is similar to the look of the new Azuma trains that will go onto the East Coast Mainline in 2018.

Peter Broadley, who is Excutive Director for Customer, Operations and Safety on the west coast, said “The Pendolino is widely regarded as the UK’s hardest working train, and has clocked up over 300 million miles in the last 15 years. They have been given a fresh lick of paint and will continue to speed customers along the west coast mainline in record time”.

Nick Crossfield, who is Managing Director at Alstom UK & Ireland, said “It is a proud day for us, seeing the first of the iconic Pendolino fleet successfully repainted and out on the network again, This is the first work we have completed at our important new Widnes modernisation facility. Not only is it on time and on budget, I am equally proud of the fact we employed eighty people locally, including five new apprentices, to deliver this beautiful new paint job. We look forward to working with Virgin Trains to complete the painting of the rest of their hard working fleet.”

• Visit the Virgin Trains Website
  For more information

[td_block_11 custom_title=”More News” category_id=”5″ limit=”3″ post_ids=”-3726″][vc_column width=”1/3″]