Private company

Avanti West Coast

Logo: avantiwestcoast.co.uk3

British train operating company

First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company that operates the West Coast Partnership franchise. The company is owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%).2 It is part of FirstGroup plc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Dec 8, 2019Founded1

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Unit 390156 at Birmingham New Street in Avanti West Coast 01
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company that operates the West Coast Partnership franchise. The company is owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%).2

Corporate structure

Avanti West Coast is part of a group headed by FirstGroup plc. 56 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Virgin Trains1

Timeline

  1. Dec 8, 2019Founded Founded in London1

Sources

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