15 years of the Pendolino train in the UK

Virgin Trains in the UK carries 40 million passengers and their trains travel about 325.000 miles per year. Hear from Peter Broadley, Executive Director - Customer, Operations and Safety at Virgin Trains how they guarantee a reliable journey with good on-board service to their cusotmers and on our successful partnership www.alstom.com

[@sabersz]

THE PENDO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 15 YEARS? This train is part of my childhood because of Alstom. Legends.

[@denissteff3355]

Not really because of Alstom,but because of Fiat Ferroviaria,if Fiat Ferroviaria didn't created those excelent trains no pendolinoes, I'd tried Class 390,They are so beatiful,Goodbye

[@joshueboueerr2463]

@@denissteff3355 also if britain had not pioneered the tilting technology with the APT, the italian companies could not have develiped upon it.

[@CadanHartleyElliott]

In terms of the Pendolino range itself, it's actually been around since 1967, when development began under the auspices of Fiat Ferroviaria. A few variations of the Pendolino have since been operating in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and the UK, as shown in the video with the Class 390 variant.

[@harryh1484]

1:33 *350 sneaks into the shot*

[@TheCastleMarch]

Harry H lol

[@CadanHartleyElliott]

Here's a fact for you. The Pendolino was originally developed by Fiat Ferroviaria in 1967 and it wasn't until the 80s that Alstom, or GEC Alsthom as it was called back then, got involved. Since then, several variants of the Pendolino have been operating in the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland and, as shown in the video, the UK, with similar tilting technology being used in the USA with Amtrak's Acela fleet.

[@carolpendolino7081]

Love those trains

[@aviationtrainsfc1]

Me too

[@ttvvideos2050]

Best EMU ever made.

[@MHTrains]

These Trains Crush all other Trains

[@Cpr1234]

These trains have gone so far since 2003. When they first arrived there were 53 sets in 8 car form. In 2007 390033 derailed in cumbria, the only pendolino so far to be written off. 4 new trains came in 2012 in 11 car form and now 35 of the 56 sets do this. And the new azuma like livery is cool, dont listen to those that hate it The first ever uk pendolino service was a train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly which ran for the 2002 commonwealth games in Manchester

[@SuperSuperAllons93]

The 390/0 are 9 car, as opposed to 8.

[@RWL2012]

@@SuperSuperAllons93 They had the 9th carriages added in 2004.

[@hi24x]

The first ever pendolino to be built was in 2001 and the first pendolino in service was in Mid 2002

[@drw-jd6tu]

@@lamborghinihexagons5502 'azuma-like livery' where does that say anything about the azuma except the livery. plus people have opinions

[@transport_dude]

Pendolino has been my favourite train since forever and happy to see they are still in service for a loooong time and REFURBISHMENTS! I just love this train in any possible way

[@garymcgregor7048]

325k per year, that's astonishing. Imagine a car trying to do that.

[@KirillShore]

"The best thing I can describe is when we're in a room with Alstom guys and virgin guys you can't tell who works for who." This, my friends is how the Virgin guys became fathers. ... Ok, I am leaving the chat.

[@terrier_productions]

And I wouldn’t be without BR’s APT/P and APT/E otherwise we wouldn’t have these amazing machines.. Rest In Peace Virgin Trains..

[@nleak92]

Can't believe they've been going 15 years!

[@ceriann3185]

Been on one of those change at Crewe if you're going from Bangor you get the07:22 from Bangor to Crewe then you get the 09:44 to London Euston it's a super voyager from Bangor but then at Crewe it is a pendolino

[@danw1374]

Thats a lot of mileage. How often does the suspension/tilting mechanism and wheels need to be replaced or serviced? They must get some wear.

[@flybe001]

Yeh I'm a train nerd but an aviation

[@shimly79]

These trains should have a higher rank and should expand the route and the pendinlino trains will have to keep the work up and I think bantech must add these trains in stepford county railway since they are popular

[@rankedcitizen]

They are too long for SCR

[@SuperOpticJ]

@@rankedcitizen not really if they can add hst why not pendo ?

[@rankedcitizen]

@@SuperOpticJ in real life GWR hsts arent used on the mainline anymore. Now they serve 4 coach services from cornwall thats the only reason it was added to scr. Unlike the hst, the pendolino is not a loco so you you cant just magically remove coaches from it to make it suit scr

[@rankedcitizen]

Plus irl the shortest a pendolino can get is 9 coaches and only like 2 or 3 stations are big enough to fit a train that long

[@drw-jd6tu]

@@rankedcitizen two things 1. If there's only a couple stations that long, only make them stop there, or 2. Simply make them with less carriages. Not everything has to be perfect

[@user-nr9we2ik3u]

Like business love train it like plane

[@EM-yk1dw]

15 years and they have becoming stronger, so has that dreadful stink of sewage too. And Virgin Trains objective was to rip off as many passengers as possible.

[@houndog1371]

The MK3s were so much better than the uncomfortable, smelly 390s!

[@markoobid2005]

Yes, slower and more dangerous :D :D Pendolino rules!

[@jamtart606]

Not as safe as the pendolino however, the old stock cant get up to 115-125 on the shap without tilt assist!

[@hi24x]

The 390s seats are really old and beat up and they're a bit smelly but the HST is always dirty and there is loads of fumes in the air

[@ajf3202]

@@hi24x luckily Avanti are giving the 390s a much needed refurbishment.

[@millercool21]

The 390s are good as the hst

[@keithjones7024]

The driver is more or less redundant. The software and computers more or less drive them safely.

[@danw1374]

The driver still has a lot to do.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

lol I don't think there is ATO

[@owenevans83]

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