Alstom was awarded a EUR 28 million contract to undertake the re-painting work on the Pendolino fleet, owned by Angel Trains, which comprises 56 Class 390 ‘tilting’ trains currently used by Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line .
This project will be the very first to be completed at Alstom’s new technology centre in Widnes, which is currently under development following the receipt of planning permission in May. Parts of the new technology centre will be built specifically to accommodate the re-painting of the Pendolino fleet. The centre will open by May 2017 in time for the work on the Pendolino fleet which will be completed by December 2019. Each train takes two weeks to re-paint.
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