Railnews - Avanti West Coast is restoring some of the trains which were withdrawn last month, but one group of business leaders and politicians is calling for its government contract to be withdrawn. Avanti said there would be further improvements in December. For now, AWC is adding back 70 services a week on the routes between London, the West Midlands and Manchester, with a further uplift in mid-December, when there will be more trains between London and Manchester, Birmingham and north Wales as well as services to Liverpool and Scotland. But AWC is still under fire in north Wales, the Wirral and Ches...