Virgin trains are a train operating company that operate service on the West Coast Main Line from London to Scotland Via Crewe and Preston. They also operate services to Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime st, Birmingham New St and Edinburgh.
Virgin trains operates a fleet of Class 390 Pendolinos and Class 221 Super Voyagers. These formed the fleet until the Grayrigg crash when a Class 90 was hired with Mk3 carriages to cover for the missing Class 390.
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The pendolinos have recently undergone an upgrade to see most of them lengthed to 11 carriages. This is all part of their 10 year overhaul.
Virgin Trains was in the spotlight in 2013 with the franchise system collapse after the contract to run the WCML franchise was awarded to First Group. After Virgin appealed the whole UK railway franchising system collapsed and that leaves us where we are today.
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