The Virgin Trains Pendolino - A history of the class 390 | Part 1: The origins of the Pendolino

Hello & welcome to episode one of the remaster of my Class 390 series. In this 3 part mini-series I will talk through the history of the class 390s. In today's episode (episode one), I will go through the reasons behind the class 390's construction, its technical details, as well as its safety and reliability cases.
In further episodes I will talk through the construction and introduction of the Pendolinos, and how they've fared in service since their introduction in 2002.
This series has been remastered and updated from my former 'Tilting Triumph' series.

Full Failed Franchises playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF06LywT25Lb3Yg_jGsMAZJS1LA2M3M-A
Full Virgin playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF06LywT25LZtrEM9q_0ywiE9aRxEGqFh

Thanks to my First Class, Business Zone & Standard class members!
Join my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ/join (Get several different brilliant perks such as access to videos early and a mention in each video, from £2.99/month!)
Or donate via my YouTube 'Thanks' feature by the comment section!
All your support is brilliant and hugely appreciated!

A huge thanks to those who have allowed me to use their footage for todays video - whom without this video would not be possible to make;
https://www.youtube.com/@markappleby3282
https://www.youtube.com/@Pinza007
https://www.youtube.com/@Sim0nTrains
https://www.youtube.com/@THAMESLINK319
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawtonorganist

Any content featured in this video has been accredited to the correct author, where possible, with permission. However, I may sometimes mistakenly miscredit content (or label it as 'unknown' if I can't find the author), so please let me know if I have got credits wrong for authors of content featured in this video.

Any views mentioned in this video are of my opinion and my opinion only. I am impartial and will never be swayed by a company to not tell the truth, however will sometimes speak from my own viewpoint. I always attempt to use sources that are from sites that I personally trust; BBC, Sky News etc. and I will always attempt to portray the whole picture of the subject in my videos. If you feel I haven't, or if I've mistakenly missed something - do let me know in the comments, on my Discord or my Twitter/Instagram & I'll be sure to look into it! Thanks for watching!


Thumbnai Image credit: Virgin "Pendolino" at Kitchen Hill - March 2017 by The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Thanks to https://www.youtube.com/@aautismo for the membership icons!

SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ

SECOND CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx87HEbY4zCXGOcVGPjXwQ

X- https://twitter.com/Vanmanyo1

Discord server link (join for free!) - https://discord.gg/QYpCgBZ

Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com/