Virgin Trains East Coast 2015 - 2018

NOT the same company as Virgin Trains. VTEC is a new company, a joint venture between Virgin (10%) and Stagecoach (90%)

Began operating on the East Coast Mainline on 1 March 2015.

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Virgin Trains East Coast booklet announcing the launch of the new franchise in cooperation with Stagecoach
BBC 1 One Life, Selby Rail Crash, TX 26/10/2004 ; actual title: One Life: Asleep At The Wheel which was broadcasted on BBC One on 26/10/2004

TV coverage 'Selby Rail Crash'
GNER printed on DVD, HST A new lease of life, 12/03/2007, GNER corporate/promotional video on refurbished HST (Intercity 225), refreshing the fleet, including footage on board of HSTs being refurbished and completed, footage of public launch of refurbished GNER HST at Kings Cross, GNER representatives and others speaking: Richard McClean (GNER Operations director), John Meehan (Managing director Wabtec Ltd.), David Billmore (GNER Senior Technical Advisor York), Keith Mack (Project engineer HST continuance project), Richard Bourne (Fleet Development engineer), Tony Brown (GNER Manager fleet engineering), Mark Kynman (Project Manager Wabtec Rail), end with inaugural journel on board of freshly refurbished train, footage of first class and Ian McMillan reading/performing a poem about HST as hommage to the Night Mail poem ; duration: 7min50

TV news coverage 'HST A New Lease of Life'
edited video, broadcast extract from Scotsland Today, 28/04/2007 on Driver Simulator launch in Edinburgh, computer system to help driver test in various situation, including footage of Edinburgh station, images of simulator its controls and projector screen (simulating weather conditions, faults, etc), footage of actual simulation, reporter testing simulator, with Paul Lartley (GNER Simulator manager), interview with a driver (David Bowie or David Bowle) ; 2 minutes

TV news coverage of 'Driver simulator launch (Edinburgh)'
3 edited videos, broadcast extracts about Eurostar launch of services from North England to mainland Europe: ITV 1 Yorkshire West (Calendar, 14/11/2007) hish speed train between Leeds and Brussels in 5 hours total, on GNER service to London Kings Cross, footage of brand new St Pancras station and its champagne bar, interview with Nick Mercer (Eurostar), footage on board Eurostar and first class and in Brussels ; BBC 1 Yorkshire (Look North, 15/11/2007), new Eurostar terminal moved from Waterloo to St Pancras, two reporters on competition one traveling to Paris by rail the other by plane, leaving from York to Paris (Leeds airport), comparative footage of journey, interview with Philip Meeson (Jet2), Richard Brown (Eurostar), Steve Kimber (Great Rail Journeys), transport strike in Paris on arrival, footage of Paris and Eiffel tower ; BBC 1 North East & Cumbria (Look North, 19/11/2007), reporter travelling from Newcastle to Paris, footage of trip through driver window, interview with John Gelson (GNER), footage of St Pancras new station, first day of Eurostar from St Pancras, interview with Richard Brown (Chief excutive, Eurostar), footage of Eurostar and on board, and Paris Gare du Nord, also mention of strikes in Paris, plus footage of Eiffel tower illuminated ; approx. 12 min total

TV news coverage of 'Eurostar from the North of England to Mainland Europe'
3 edited videos, 3 interviews with Richard Bowker by John Gelson likely made to show to Natioanl Express ECML staff; 1st interview talking about 09/09/2007 run of launch train of National Express East Coast (2min15) ; 2nd interview on key priorities for National Express East Coast for the 12-18 months to come (maintain performance, making travel simpler...), how to develop loyalty to new brand National Express, committed investments in East Coast Main Line, current situation for economy in the UK and National Express position, how not to do like GNER, importance of every member of staff in making travel easier, etc. (5min) ; 3rd interview on the National Express Brand ; files dated from 28/09/2008 / Handwritten title on label

TV coverage 'Richard Bowker Interviews'
An A5 leaflet regarding Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) improved services, ticket wallet, a small box of VTEC jelly beans and a VTEC 'Be Bound fr Glory' notelet pad

Virgin Trains PR material
1 edited video, broadcast extract, 05/06/2008, about regulating broadband advertising in general and using internet on train, BBC 1 (One O'Clock News): Britain's broadband revolution, new rules for broadband company to tell exactly the internet speed they can actually deliver to clients depending on where they are, using new wireless technology, reporter on taking train with wifi facilities, train to South from Edinburgh with free wifi internet, slow internet but train company makes no claim about the speed of internet compare to fixed broadband company who does and sometimes can't deliver the speed offered

TV and news coverage 'Regulating broadband advertising on trains'
2 edited videos, broadcast extract on launch of new service by National Express in December 2009 between Lincoln and London, on 24/04/2008; including interview with John Gelson (National Express East Coast), BBC 1 North (Humberside & Lincolnshire (1 extract, North News) ; broadcast extract 24/04/2008, Taxi drivers threatening to strike and blockade to protest National Express increasing the price for permits to pick passengers at stations on the East Coast Main Line, BBC 1 North East (1 extract, North East News)

TV and news coverage 'National Express'
National Express Introduction, May 2008, promotional video of National Express Services: train, trams, buses, school buses, coaches, mini buses rental, footage illustrating various mode of transports offered, footage of busy stations, end slogan: National Express "making travel simpler" / National Express logo and DVD label

Promotional Video 'National Express Introduction'
2 edited videos, broadcasted extracts, 04/09/2006: BBC 1 North East & Cumbria (Look North) Sea Container (parent company to GNER) debts, including footage of York station, competition with Grand Central, questions future of East Coast Main Line franchise and job cuts at GNER ; ITV 1 Tyne Tees (Pontop) (North East Tonight) GNER re-negociating contract for 10 years franchise of East Coast Main Line with Department of Transport, including footage of Newcastle station ; 4min total

TV news coverage 'GNER Cash Crisis'

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