Virgin Trains "Pioneer" 2+4 Car HST

To supplement their Voyager and (proposed) Challenger HST fleets, Virgin Trains reformed some of their HSTs into "Pioneer" sets. These wouldn't be refurbished - like the Challengers would've been - and were only intended to be retained in the short term. Unlike the Challengers, these sets were created, but rendered redundant when the Virgin Cross Country Operation Princess timetable changes were scrapped and all ended up at Midland Mainline, as part of "Project Rio".

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