Virgin East Coast Trains

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March the first saw the beginning of the new East Coast Trains franchise. While it consists of a consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin, the trains are branded as Virgin Trains. This is the interim livery.


So far only one complete set has been reliveried with the complete branding and it arrived in York on the morning of the 2nd complete with many of the company's managerial staff.







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  1. Andy in Germany5 March 2015 at 14:03

    Even the rebranded one looks suspiciously like the East Coast livery was the basis, but then the whole process of reletting the franchise looks suspiciously like ideology triumphing over common sense...

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