I am not at all clear what Avanti West Coast's livery strategy is at the present time. Since taking over the franchise at the start of December 2019 a small number of Pendolinos have been in receipt of their new-look green, black and orange livery. The majority remain in the plain white paintwork as applied by Virgin in the final six months of its operations. As for the Class 221 Voyagers, the situation is different. Most remain in Virgin's red livery that they have worn for many years. However, this one, 221101 has become somewhat of a celebrity being the only one in the white paintwork with Avanti branding and was the only example that Virgin applied its flowing silk variant livery to. If you can make sense of this please do get in contact! 221101 '101 Squadron' passes Victoria bridge just south of Roade with the 12.30 Birmingham New Street to Euston.
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