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Avanti West Coast: Rolling Stock

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 July 2025UIN 64954

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact Avanti West Coast’s non-tilting 110mph (a) Class 805 and (b) Class 807 trains on the capacity of the West Coast Main Line.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The new Avanti trains of classes 805 and 807 will make a material improvement to journeys formerly made on the Voyager trains, and will not reduce the capacity of the West Coast main line.

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