The West Coast Partnership is a joint venture between FirstGroup and Trenitalia to run existing intercity services on the West Coast Main Line and deliver future high-speed services...
We were set up in December 2019 and our partnership is split at 70% FirstGroup and 30% Trenitalia. Both companies boast many years of running successful railways between them- with each possessing the individual know-how of running every type of passenger rail service...
We will use the experiences of FirstGroup in UK rail and Trenitalia's in Italian high-speed rail to be a trusted and flexible partner for the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd. Our partnership is comprised of two businesses: Avanti West Coast - who run the existing high-speed services on the West Coast Mainline, and West Coast Partnership Development - who are the shadow operator for future high-speed train services.