Editing Virgin Trains (section)

==Rolling stock==

===Final fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Class&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Type&nbsp;
! colspan="2" |&nbsp;Top speed&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Carriages&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Number&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Built&nbsp;
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!&nbsp;mph&nbsp;
!&nbsp;km/h&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[British Rail Class 221|221 ''Super Voyager'']]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Northolt - Virgin Trains class 221.jpg (Au Morandarte Flickr 14994550437).jpg|130x130px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Diesel-electric multiple unit|DEMU]]
|125
|200
|5
|20
|2001–2028
|-
| colspan="5"|[[File:221 Virgin Flowing Silk Livery.png|616x616px]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[British Rail Class 390|390/0 & 390/1 ''Pendolino'']]
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Virgin Class 390, 390154, Stoke-on-Trent railway station (geograph 4019608).jpg|130x130px]]<br>[[File:390 016 Virgin Trains New Livery.png|130x130px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]
|rowspan="2"|140
|rowspan="2"|225
|9
|21
|rowspan="2"|2001–2004<br>2010–2012
|-
|11
|35
|-
| colspan="5" |[[File:Virgin Class 390 0 1st Livery.png|729x729px]]
[[File:Virgin Class 390 1 1st Livery.png|800x800px]]
[[File:Virgin Class 390 0 2nd Livery.png|729x729px]]
[[File:Virgin Class 390 1 2nd Livery.png|800x800px]]
|}

Virgin inherited a fleet of {{brc|86}}, {{brc|87}} and {{brc|90}}s hauling [[British Rail Mark 2|Mark 2]] and [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] carriages with [[Driving Van Trailer]]s on its electrified services and [[InterCity 125|High Speed Trains]] for [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] to {{rws|Holyhead}} services.

A franchise commitment was the replacement of these trains with new tilting stock. In 1999 Virgin signed a deal to lease forty-four eight-carriage and nine nine-carriage [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390 ''Pendolinos'']] built by [[Alstom]].<ref>[http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/virgin_trains.htm From Dream to Reality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216034358/http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/virgin_trains.htm |date=16 December 2012 }} The Locomotive & Carriage Institution 8 November 2002</ref> An option to extend all to nine carriages was enacted in 2002. The first entered service in January 2003. With the exception of services to [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]], the final locomotive hauled trains were withdrawn in June 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=516 |date= 22 June 2005 |page=6}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}

To operate the {{rws|Holyhead}} services four four-carriage [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'']] were included in the order placed by [[Virgin CrossCountry]]. By the time they were delivered it was decided these would be too short so they entered service with Virgin CrossCountry. In September 2004 the [[InterCity 125|High Speed Trains]] were withdrawn with services being operated by a combination of five-carriage [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'']] hired from Virgin CrossCountry and {{brc|47}} and {{brc|90}} hauled Mark 3 sets. From September 2005 [[British Rail Class 57|Class 57/3s]] hauling [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390 ''Pendolinos'']] took over the locomotive hauled diagrams. This continued until December 2008 when five-carriage Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'' took over all services, with the exception of a Saturdays only Pendolino hauled by a Class 57/3 Locomotive (1D83 08:50 EUS-HHD/1A55 14:38 HHD-EUS). This ceased operation on Saturday 8 December 2012.

With the Class 390 ''Pendolinos'' needing modification in 2006, a [[GB Railfreight|First GBRf]] {{brc|87}} was hired to haul a Mark 3 set on {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} services.<ref>[http://www.aclocogroup.co.uk/history87.php Class 87 - History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318074030/http://www.aclocogroup.co.uk/history87.php |date=18 March 2012 }} The AC Locomotive Group</ref>

To operate the {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]] and [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow]] services transferred from [[CrossCountry]] in December 2007, three four-carriage and thirteen five-carriage [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'']] were transferred. A further five five-carriage Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'' followed in December 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 575 |date= 26 September 2007 |page=16}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In August 2008 [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] started a programme to rearrange the Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'' with the carriage containing the shop moved to adjoin the first class carriage and refurbished with 2+2 seats arranged more spaciously around tables. This allowed it to be used as a first class carriage on [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]] services and as a standard class carriage at other times.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 600 |date= 10 September 2008 |page=70}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}<ref name=":0">{{cite press release |url=http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009_02_01_archive.html |title=Super Voyager fleet refreshed - early |publisher=Virgin Trains |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=19 September 2012 |archive-date=22 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722135853/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009_02_01_archive.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2010 one four-carriage Class 221 ''Super Voyager'' was disbanded with the two centre carriages being inserted into the other four-carriage sets to give Virgin a fleet of twenty five-carriage Class 221 ''Super Voyagers''.<ref>[http://www.rail-news.com/2010/11/16/virgin-to-eliminate-four-car-super-voyagers/ Virgin to eliminate four-car Super Voyagers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724021117/http://www.rail-news.com/2010/11/16/virgin-to-eliminate-four-car-super-voyagers/ |date=24 July 2012 }} ''Rail-News'' 16 November 2010</ref> The two end carriages are stored at [[Central Rivers TMD|Central Rivers]] depot.

To provide it with a fleet of locomotives for use on diversionary services during the [[West Coast Mainline]] upgrade and rescue duties, Virgin signed a deal with [[Porterbrook]] in March 2002 to rebuild twelve Class 47s as [[British Rail Class 57|Class 57/3s]] with the first delivered in June 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 433 |date= 17 April 2002 |page=17}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}} After it was decided they would operate daily services along the North Wales Coast to [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]], another four were ordered from Porterbrook.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 468 |date= 20 August 2003 |page=62}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}} Following the completion of the West Coast Main Line upgrade in 2008 their use fell and after being sublet to [[Arriva Trains Wales]], [[Colas Rail]] and [[GB Railfreight|First GBRf]], six were returned to Porterbrook in August 2011,<ref>[http://www.porterbrook.com/pages/corp2011.html#october11Class 57 Locomotive leased to Network Rail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730165030/http://www.porterbrook.com/pages/corp2011.html#october11Class |date=30 July 2013 }} Porterbrook Leasing News 10 October 2011</ref> three in April 2012<ref>[http://www.porterbrook.com/pages/corp2012.html#april12 Porterbrook has reached an agreement with Direct Rail Services for the lease of three Class 57 locomotives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728201736/http://www.porterbrook.com/pages/corp2012.html#april12 |date=28 July 2012 }} Porterbrook Leasing News 4 April 2012</ref> and the remaining seven in December 2012.

Virgin had long been angling for a franchise extension in return for ordering extra carriages for the Class 390 ''Pendolinos''. The [[Department for Transport]] rejected this and instead placed an order itself with [[Alstom]] for 106 carriages allowing for four complete eleven-carriage sets and 31 sets to be extended by two carriages.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 584 |date= 30 January 2008 |page=14}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}<ref>[https://archive.today/20130505140302/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2008/07/virgin-rail-group-welcomes-decision-on_3379.html Virgin Rail Group welcomes decision on longer Pendolino trains] Virgin Trains Press Release 31 July 2008</ref> There was an option to extend the remaining 21 sets but this was allowed to lapse. The four new sets were delivered in 2010/12 with 31 sets later receiving extra carriages. This required a number of stations to have platforms lengthened.

Following the loss of a Class 390 ''Pendolino'' in the [[Grayrigg derailment]], a Mark 3 set with a [[Driving Van Trailer]] was leased with a {{brc|90}} hired from [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]] as required. In 2008 Virgin looked at leasing two {{brc|180}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title= | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue= 591 |date= 7 May 2008 |page=64}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}} but decided to retain the Mark 3 set. This received re-upholstered seating, power points, [[Wi-Fi]] and a full external re-paint at [[Wabtec]], [[Doncaster]] in 2009.<ref name="mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk" /> Virgin used this set with a [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotive hired from [[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]] on a Euston to Crewe (via Birmingham) service on Fridays only until December 2012. From 9 December 2013 it was utilised to operate a London Euston-Birmingham New Street train on Thursdays and Fridays only, until its withdrawal in October 2014.

All seats on Class 221 ''Super Voyagers'' and Class 390 ''Pendolinos'' originally had an on-board audio entertainment system featuring a number of radio or pre-recorded music channels. This was disabled in March 2010<ref>"Please note: Virgin Trains onboard entertainment system no longer functions." [http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/assets/pdf/voucher/vt-headphones.pdf Headphones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820205927/http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/assets/pdf/voucher/vt-headphones.pdf |date=20 August 2010 }}, Virgin Trains.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northernrailways.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2921&start=0 |title=Data |publisher=northernrailways.co.uk |access-date=2019-12-30 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003090451/http://www.northernrailways.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2921&start=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> and replaced with on-board Wi-Fi provided by [[EE (telecommunications)|EE]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/11/virgin-trains-customers-get-on-board_210.html|title=Virgin Trains customers get on-board WiFi between Birmingham and Scotland|date=5 November 2009|publisher=Virgin Trains|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-date=17 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517010121/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/11/virgin-trains-customers-get-on-board_210.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/11/oyez-oyez-virgin-trains-customers-get_4258.html|title=Virgin Trains customers get on-board WiFi from North Wales and Chester|publisher=Virgin Trains|date=5 November 2009|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-date=23 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523105617/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/11/oyez-oyez-virgin-trains-customers-get_4258.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The service was available free in first class, and for a charge (which varied depending on how long the passenger wished to use it for) in standard class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/trains/wi-fi/|title=Wi-Fi on Virgin Trains|publisher=Virgin Trains|access-date=24 October 2010|archive-date=30 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030010740/http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/trains/wi-fi/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 September 2015 it was announced that Virgin Trains were to rename Pendolino 390002 in memory of teenage fundraiser [[Stephen Sutton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dial2donate.org/virgin-trains-honour-teen-fundraiser-stephen-sutton/|title=Virgin Trains honour teen fundraiser Stephen Sutton|publisher=Dial2Donate|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218212519/http://dial2donate.org/virgin-trains-honour-teen-fundraiser-stephen-sutton/|archive-date=18 December 2019|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>

===Past fleet===
Former units operated by Virgin Trains include:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Class&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Type&nbsp;
! colspan="2" |&nbsp;Top speed&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Built&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Withdrawn&nbsp;
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!&nbsp;mph&nbsp;
!&nbsp;km/h&nbsp;
|-
|[[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]]
|[[File:Virgin trains `Leamington Spa 3.png|100px]]
| rowspan="3" |Diesel-electric locomotive
|125
|200
|1975{{ndash}}1982
|2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47/8]]
|[[File:47817 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Exeter St Davids.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |95
| rowspan="2" |153
|1962{{ndash}}1968 (converted into 47/8 1989)
|2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 57|Class 57/3]]
|[[File:Euston station MMB 39 57306.jpg|100px]]
|1998{{ndash}}2004
|2012
|-
|[[British Rail Class 86|Class 86]]
|[[File:86229 'Lions Club International' at Birmingham New Street.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="3" |Electric Locomotive
|100
|161
|1965{{ndash}}1966
|2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 87|Class 87]]
|[[File:87030 'Black Douglas' at Carlisle.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |110
| rowspan="2" |177
|1973{{ndash}}1975
|2006
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[File:90015 'The International Brigades' at Carlisle.JPG|100px]]
|1987{{ndash}}1990
|2004
|-
|[[British Rail Mark 2|Mark 2 Coach]]
|[[File:Virgin Mk 2 carrage 2001...png|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |Passenger Carriage
|100
|160
|1964{{ndash}}1975
|2003
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Carriage]]
|[[File:BR Mk.IIIa FO No.11027 (6790554465).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="4" |125
| rowspan="4" |200
|1975–1988
| rowspan="2" |2005
|-
|[[File:DVT 82115.jpg|100px]]
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|1988{{ndash}}1990
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]]<ref name="mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk">{{cite press release | url = http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/07/charter-train-potential-for-virgin_6628.html | title = Charter train potential for Virgin Trains' 'new-look' loco-hauled trainset | publisher = Virgin Trains | date = 1 July 2009 | access-date = 6 September 2010 | archive-date = 9 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111009024218/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/07/charter-train-potential-for-virgin_6628.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
|[[File:Virgin silver FO.JPG|100px]]
|[[Passenger car (rail)|Passenger carriage]]
|1975{{ndash}}1988
| rowspan="2" |2014
|-
|[[File:Virgin silver DVT.JPG|100px]]
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|1988{{ndash}}1990
|}