Who are we?

West Coast Partnership Development is maximising the benefits of the significant investment from HM Government on High Speed 2 and upgrades to the existing infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line — focused on delivering a truly great customer experience. 

Alongside our partners at FirstGroup and Trenitalia, we are working to design, develop and mobilise new high-speed service operations which will deliver more capacity, quicker journey times and a step-change in customer experience. With passengers bound for Birmingham, Liverpool, Scotland and Manchester set to move to these services, we are reviewing how we will reshape existing services to unlock further improvements and rail capacity across the West Midlands, North West and Scotland.

By having a key partnership with HS2 Ltd, who are building the new railway, we will put our customers at the forefront of our planning and help shape the design of the future operation to deliver a world-class railway to our regions.

The first train service to use the new HS2 railway may be a while away, but there is a lot of work to do now! Together with HS2 Ltd, Hitachi Rail, Alstom and the Department for Transport we are advising on the design of the new train fleet and its interior; we are scoping the proposed customer experience on-board and at stations; and we are planning the future train service for the route and our existing regions.

We are excited about this once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver monumental improvements for our customers and shape the future of the wider rail industry.

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