Avanti West Coast's NEW Class 805 Evero's are NOW IN SERVICE on the WCML!

Units: 805 001 + 805 011
Service: London Euston-Birmingham New Street
Route in Video: Full Route
Cost of Trip: £27.35 - Advance Single Standard Class (with Railcard)
Punctuality: Departed on time. | Arrived 5 minutes late.
This week has seen Avanti West Coast's BRAND NEW Class 805 Evero's enter service on the West Coast Mainline! I thought while I had some free time this week, I'll head down to London to go try one of these trains out!
Thankfuly, I booked my ticket on the Avanti West Coast app, so I can choose my seat and avoid been selected a seat with a thick pillar in the way. Always handy to book through apps sometimes.
These Evero IET's are set to be replacing all the Super Voyager's very soon, some of which are going to CrossCountry. Also, I happened to pronounce Evero incorrectly too!
The big question is... What do I think to these trains? Are they better than the Voyagers they are replacing? Do they TILT around corners? Well, let's take one of these new trains and find out!
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[@AndrewG1989]

The Avanti West Coast Class 805s are epic trains and are very fast.

[@ReecesTrains]

Yes, they are quick!

[@jamesryeland1635]

Apparently I hear that there is going be some work done on the west coast mainline to allow the class 805 and 807 to reach 125mph in the future

[@ReecesTrains]

I hope you're right that this will be the case. It's just a shame these trains can't tilt and especially having to slowdown to 90mph at Leighton Buzzard doesn't help with this either.

[@bus3s]

only in certain sections, some are ready but the speed signs are bagged

[@GLovesTrains]

175! 😍 Great vlog Reece, lovely to see the new Everos in service!

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks, G! Yes, it's good to see them in service after many months of testing! Definitely happy to see a 175 for the first time too!

[@RogEdwardsTV]

Nice vid. Avanti have done a good job with these trains. Definitely like the less harsh lighting.

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks, Rog! The less harsh lighting is definitely more comfortable than it is on the LNER Azuma in Standard Class!

[@Henrystrains543]

Nice video!

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks, Henry!

[@LemoncloudGT]

the seats on the new 805s are indeed the same as the ones fitted on the refurbished pendolinos

[@ReecesTrains]

Yes, I thought it might have been.

[@Thornaby37]

Great video Reece 👍 My fist impression riding one yesterday was that the seats are a bit too hard , although on the plus side, acceleration is better than the Voyagers and Pendolinos The 175 at Rugby was on its way from Landore (Swansea) to Ely for storage

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks! Yeah, the seats are not the most comfortable, but acceleration is good. Thanks for confirming about the 175.

[@lewishawkins1691]

Guy At 7:16 with the blue shirt cap and green bag is me i got on at MK and got off at Coventry

[@ReecesTrains]

Oh nice!! We were both on the same service then! 😊

[@MichaelScott-kw6gv]

Fantastic Video. Well Done.

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks!

[@user-gf4lx9ol8z]

What a geek

[@thelondoner614]

Pretty dumb to be insulting just because someone likes trains 🙄🙄🙄

[@ianr]

Brilliant video Reece! Nice to see what's on offer with these new trains. This is the first time I have seen the interiors, and to be honest I'm not impressed. The interiors seem very bland and basic when compared to other new classes of trains. Still looks like everything has been squeezed in to a small place. But of course thats just my view! 🙂👍

[@ReecesTrains]

Thanks, Ian. I definitely understand your view, as the interior of the IET's are definitely not the best out there.

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

These trains must be put on direct SailRail services from Hull, Leeds, Manchester Victoria to Holyhead, with laws passed through Parliament in both England and Wales as appropriate and this must become a priority for any new U.K. government to make this a reality in the light of the failure of HS2, along with a commitment to completing the high speed rail tunnel under the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin

[@darrylrichardson7940]

I hope you are willing to pay for this to happen

[@superted6960]

If the Govt won't finance HS2 they certainly won't finance a tunnel to the Irish Republic 😅

[@richardluckman]

Was this journey done with the train using the wires?

[@ReecesTrains]

Yes, that's correct.

[@KeithJones-yq6of]

Most people don't give a shit about this so long as they get a reliable and good value service. Great news for the enthusiasts, doesn't mean Jack for the paying commuters. And Avanti are nowhere near providing a good service yet

[@MrTudwud]

Disappointing that, yet again, unlike other major countries that are speeding up their services, we are purchasing stock that slows them down. Also, as with the Voyagers, we'll see 5 car vice 10 on some services which I see regularly now. Avanti should also be looking at reinstating the Euston - Shrewsbury route with a proper interval service. Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton (and on to London) services are hopelessly oversubscribed, particularly the TfW trains that are packed all the time and often reduced to just 2 carriages and provided with outmodes and outdated Class 150s regularly. The 805s would have no problem working such services and we are talking about an ex-Class 1 route from the Capital.

[@ReecesTrains]

Yeah, I agree with some of the services being withdrawn and slower services between London and Birmingham. The lack of TILT was disappointing although these weren't built for it unlike the Pendolino and Super Voyager.

[@petewatson6864]

What day did u find Brum what day did u do your video

[@ReecesTrains]

6th June.

[@petewatson6864]

Missed u lol I was in 1:19 Leamington

[@petewatson6864]

Was in Leamington got class33 and50 love the videos keep them up

[@ReecesTrains]

@@petewatson6864 Thanks!

[@bus3s]

the window alignment is really good on these trains what do you mean 💀

[@ReecesTrains]

Not all seats are perfectly aligned with the windows, plus trains do get busy and seats do fill up.

[@darrylrichardson7940]

travelled on 805005 out of Birmingham in first class. the seats are rubbish. the announcements with the electric voice were way too loud and the announcements made by Isaac the train manager were echoing echoing echoing (you get the idea) and very hard to understand.. sat in a single seat two rows from the back of the coach and there is no overhead storage shelf, that stops at the row in front. the area behind the driver in first class had some catering equipment in including a toaster. But the shop onboard had no card machine or any float for change so you had to have the exact change. But know I know its over 2 quid for a can of coke I would not bother anyway. ( for another fiver you could get from Edinburgh to Newcastle with LUMO). The reason I always put down to lack of comfort on these Hitachi units is they are designed for the Japanese market and us Brits do not fit their business model. When was the last time you saw a 6 foot 6 tall 18 stone Japanese person. brand new units restricted to 110 m.p.h. not so much as rolling stock more of a laughing stock.

[@cameronallan5624]

Why can’t we actually build comfy train seats. Granted these seats are better than LNER, GWR and TPE iets BUT they are still not super comfy and they should be. It should be the easiest bit of a train to get right.

[@ReecesTrains]

I totally agree with you! Nobody can seem to get this right anymore. Yes, these are better but not the most comfortable, which they should've thought about for a long distance service.

[@bus3s]

its not an iet its an evero 🤓

[@ReecesTrains]

Maybe you might want to do further research on this as these are also part of the IET family... Evero is what Avanti West Coast have named the units.

[@bus3s]

@@ReecesTrains theyre a part of the A Train family, the IET is what gwr called them.. you might want to do some research

[@11Daniel2k]

just another horrid 800 class train, bad seats, limited to 110mph, no tilt and i certainly would never travel second class in one of these seems just as bad as the voyager's second class.

[@rickerbyct]

So there you go. In the early 2000s the tax payer funds a multi billion pound upgrade of the WCML to allow tilting trains to run at 125, then 20 years later a failing private train operator introduces conventional trains to the route and speeds fall back again to those achieved over 20 years ago and that’s progress. Now the dogma and ideology has hit the buffers and we are in the verge of having a national train network again this ridiculous nonsense will end - surely Avanti are so in breach of contract they can be one of the first to lose their contract

[@ReecesTrains]

Yeah it is unfortunate why trains have be capped at 110mph just because they weren't built to tilt. I'd much prefer a TILTING Evero rather than a conventional train that has to slow down.