{"id":14252,"date":"2024-08-19T23:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14252"},"modified":"2024-08-19T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:34:46","slug":"alstom-to-refurbish-crosscountry-voyager-fleet-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14252","title":{"rendered":"Alstom to refurbish CrossCountry Voyager fleet upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Image from Alstom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 19, 2024 <\/strong>\u2013 Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a contract to refurbish CrossCountry\u2019s Voyager trains, transforming the on-board experience for customers. The contract, valued at around \u00a360 million (\u20ac70 million) will see the trains receive an interior refresh, including new seats and tables \u2013 while their exteriors will be repainted in CrossCountry\u2019s new livery.<\/p>\n<p>The work will be carried out at Alstom\u2019s historic Derby Litchurch Lane facility and encompasses 312 cars, comprising 136 Voyager (Class 220) and 176 Super Voyager (Class 221) vehicles respectively. 252 cars belong to the existing CrossCountry fleet, while an additional 12 trains, totalling 60 additional carriages, will be added following their release from Avanti West Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Additional enhancements will see the trains fitted with new carpets, improved lighting and a new passenger counting system. Sustainability will be at the heart of the refurbishment; the Voyager\u2019s new seats will be at least 95% recyclable and 98% recoverable, while lighter materials used throughout the trains will help reduce fuel and carbon emissions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Design work will commence immediately, with physical work in Derby set to commence from next year until 2027. Around 100 Alstom staff will work on the contract, supported by many more in the company\u2019s UK supply chain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CrossCountry Voyagers to Receive \u00a360 Million Refurbishment from Alstom\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/og2l1PQh-pI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image from Alstom August 19, 2024 \u2013 Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a contract to refurbish CrossCountry\u2019s Voyager trains, transforming the on-board experience for customers. The contract, valued at around \u00a360 million (\u20ac70 million) will see the trains receive an interior refresh, including new seats and tables \u2013 while their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14254,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions\/14254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}