Class 221 Archives - The Railway Magazine

First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line

5th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

By Tony Miles OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what will be the first of a new franchise partnership model.

Ilford works repaint for Virgin ‘Super Voyager’

3rd December 2018 Sam Hewitt Network, News

A FULL repaint into the revised Virgin Trains livery for Class 221 ‘Super Voyager’ No. 221101 has been completed by owner Beacon Rail at Ilford Works. Emerging in a livery emulates that being applied to the