Virgin Trains East Coast booklet announcing the launch of the new franchise in cooperation with Stagecoach
- Made:
- 2015-01 in United Kingdom
- maker:
- Virgin Trains East Coast
Virgin Trains East Coast booklet announcing the launch of the new franchise in cooperation with Stagecoach titled 'Now arriving... a new future for all East Coast customers. Welcome to Virgin Trains East Coast', January 2015. The booklet includes a photograph of a Virgin locomotive carrying Flying Scotsman thistle emblem actively used in the marketing of new services. The booklet includes a mention of a new fleet of 'Super Express trains' later introduced into service by LNER in 2019 as Azuma trains after Virgin had withdrawn from the franchise. 6 pages.
The booklet represents rapidly changing privatised rail franchises in UK. Virgin Trains East Coast operated on the East Coast Main Line from 1 March 2015, operations were passed to the government owned operator London North Eastern Railway in June 2018
Details
- Category:
- Documents
- Object Number:
- 2021-639
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 290 mm x 210 mm
- type:
- archives
- credit:
- Transport Focus