The first Intercity 125 train wrapped in Virgin Trains East Coast livery entered service. Virgin Trains East Coast took over the franchise on March 1 but only a few of the trains had interim branding so as not to cause any disruption to services.
Work to wrap the Mark 3 fleet, known as 125s, was undertaken at Craigentinny depot by Stewart Signs and all 14 trains are expected to be completed by October. Work is also underway to wrap the 31 Mark 4 trains, which are known as 225s, with 10 branded trains in service and the remainder due to be wrapped by November.
Virgin Trains East Coast is the brand name of InterCity Railways Ltd (ICR), which is owned by Stagecoach Group (90%) and Virgin Group (10%). Virgin Trains East Coast began operating services on the East Coast Main Line on Sunday 1 March 2015, serving key UK cities including London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. In November 2014 the Department for Transport awarded ICR a new franchise until at least 31 March 2023.
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