MOROCCO IS ACCELERATING! feature - Alstom

26
event
BADGE OF TRUST
With 47 out of 52 trains in service every day,
the Pendolino fl eet in operation on the UK’s
West Coast Main Line is one of the most
intensively-used in the world, covering almost
17 million miles per year. In recognition
of the strong working relationship between
the two companies, which underpins the
delivery of this world-class intercity service,
Virgin Trains invited Alstom to design a special
branding for one of the trainsets and to
rename it Alstom Pendolino. Commenting
on the invitation, Paul Robinson, Managing
Director Alstom Transport UK and Ireland
said “We fought throughout last winter
to enable Virgin to maintain their services
on the London Glasgow line, when many other
trains were blocked by ice or unable to
run in the snow. This undoubtedly contributed
to Virgin’s highly symbolic decision to
propose joint branding for the train.”
Alstom selected the newly branded train
for a special mission in a further illustration
of cross-industry partnership aimed
at bringing benefi ts to passengers.
Alstom Pendolino is fi tted with pantograph
and track monitoring equipment which
provides valuable data to train maintainer,
operator and infrastructure operator to help
support improvements in system reliability.