Virgin Trains East Coast refurbishment programme complete

The Virgin Trains team at Bounds Green depot in London alongside the final train in its east coast fleet to be refurbished. (Credit Virgin Trains)

Virgin Trains has completed a £40 million refurbishment programme on its east coast fleet as part of a £140 million pledge to create a more personalised travel experience on the network.

The Virgin Trains team at Bounds Green depot in London alongside the final train in its east coast fleet to be refurbished. (Credit Virgin Trains)

Refurbishment work has been finalised on Virgin Trains current east coast fleet of 45 High Speed and InterCity 225 trains.

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In total, £21 million has been spent on new-look interiors including leather seating and mood lighting in First Class and new red cloth seats providing improved comfort in standard. The refurbishment programme also included new carpets and fittings. A total of 410 carriage interiors have been revamped and 24,427 seats replaced.

Virgin Trains revamps 410 carriage interiors as part of refurbishment programme

The refurbishment completion will be followed by the introduction of the operator’s new Azuma fleet in 2018.

Commenting on the programme completion, David Horne, Managing Director at Virgin Trains on the east coast, said: “Since we launched services on the east coast mainline in 2015 we have committed more than £40 million to improving our existing fleet, to give customers the best possible experience when they travel with us. It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have completed our refurbishment programme, and passed another milestone on our journey towards totally transforming travel for our customers on the east coast.”

Stephen Timothy, Client Relations Director at Eversholt Rail, added, “We are sure passengers on the east coast will be delighted with these new look trains, and we are pleased that Eversholt Rail’s investment in our InterCity 225 fleet has played a key role in this transformation”.