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The British Rail Class 390 "Pendolino" electrical multiple units are tilting trains built by Alstom, but utilising Fiat tilt systems. Fifty-three 9-car units were built for Virgin Trains from 2001-2004, and were introduced on the West Coast Main Line. These trains were the last to be built at Alstom's Washwood Heath plant before its closure in 2005.

Description

The train system is divided into different coach classes: A - Club Class (26 seats), C (62 seats), D (58 seats) and F (42 seats) - Standard Class. The train also has priority seating and 1 wheelchair seat (Class A only) and a small shop.

The trains were originally intended to run at 140mph, although after the West Coast Mainline modernisation programme went far overbudget these plans were scaled back, the linespeed now being designated at only 125mph. Hardware modifications have subsequently been performed to reflect this, the trains now being physically limited to 125mph passenger running.

The 390 is the de-facto successor to the Advanced Passenger Train (APT) trialled by British Rail in the 1980s. The APT operated at top speed of 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).

Virgin Trains is part of the Virgin Rail Group and Virgin Group under the ownership of Sir Richard Branson. Virgin Rail also operates another railline, Virgin CrossCountry.

Current Operations

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AC units (300–399)	300 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 (I) 316 (II) 316 (III) 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 325 331 (I) 331 (II) 332 333 334 341 342 345 350 (I) 350 (II) 357 360 365 370 371 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 385 387 390 395 397
AC units DC units (700–899)	700 701 705 707 710 711 (I) 711 (II) 717 720 730 745 755 756 768 769 777 799 800 801 802 803 (I) 803 (II) 804 805 807 810 897
AC units (pre-TOPS)	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM9 AM10 AM11 LB&SCR CP LB&SCR CW LB&SCR SL MR Lancaster units
DC units (400–599)	401 402 403 404 405 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 427 430 431 432 438 442 444 445 446 447 450 455 456 457 458 460 465 466 471 480 482 (I) 482 (II) 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 499 (I) 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 510
DC units (original TOPS)	411 412 413 414 421 422 423 424 431 432 441 442 451 452 453 461 462 491 492
DC units (pre-TOPS)	LMS electric units LNER Tyneside units LNWR electric units LOR electric units LYR electric units Mersey Railway electric units MSJ&AR electric units NER electric units W&CR electric units
Battery units	BEMU 230
Hydrogen units	600 614
Southern Railway designations	2-BIL 2-EPB 2-HAL 2-HAP 2-NOL 2-PAN 2-PEP 2-SAP 2-SL 2-TIS 2-WIM 3-CEP 3-CIG 3-COP 3-SUB 3-TC 3-TIS 4-BEP 4-BIG 4-BUF 4-CAP 4-CEP 4-CIG 4-COM 4-COR 4-DD 4-DES 4-EPB 4-GRI 4-JOP 4-LAV 4-PEP 4-PER 4-REP 4-RES 4-SUB 4-TC 4-TEP 4-VEC 4-VEG 4-VEP 4-VIP 4-VOP 5-BEL 5-DES 5-TCB 5-VEC 5-WES 6-CIT 6-PAN 6-PUL 6-REP 7-TC 8-DIG 8-GAT 8-MIG 8-VAB GLV MLV TLV
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