In this issue
Virgin Trains names train after Scottish cultural icon Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Testing of Virgin Azuma fleet gathers pace in Scotland
Making Wi-Fi free for passengers along our west coast route
Launching the UK’s first train driver apprenticeship scheme
Transforming old uniforms in pioneering recycling scheme
Leading the way in passenger satisfaction
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Damien Henderson
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damien.henderson@virgintrains.co.uk

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Virgin Trains names train after Scottish cultural icon Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Virgin Trains has named one of its trains after one of Scotland’s most famous cultural icons in celebration of its role in serving Glasgow.

 

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Testing of Virgin Azuma fleet gathers pace in Scotland

The state-of-the-art Virgin Azuma train travelled to Edinburgh this week as preparations for roll-out of the 65-strong fleet on the east coast route gather pace.

The Hitachi-built intercity train, whose name means “east” in Japanese, visited the Scottish capital ahead of a driver training programme getting underway in summer. It follows successful testing of Azuma on routes to Dunbar and Inverness last year.

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Making Wi-Fi free for passengers along our west coast route

We’re upgrading all of our 56 Pendolino trains on our west coast route, improving the on-board equipment which will allow us to extend free Wi-Fi to every Pendolino customer.

 

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Launching the UK’s first train driver apprenticeship scheme

We have opened applications for the only train driver apprenticeship scheme in the UK on our west coast route.

 

 
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Transforming old uniforms in pioneering recycling scheme

We’re working with the textiles team at HMP Northumberland to recycle our old uniforms.

 

 
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Leading the way in passenger satisfaction

We were recently awarded one of the top overall ratings for long distance franchised operators in the latest National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS), scoring 91% and 92% for our west coast and east coast routes.

 

 

 

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