X-Men: Days Of Future Past Train Unveiled

Twentieth Century Fox has named Virgin Trains as the official UK travel partner of “X-Men: Days [...]

By Jamie Lovett

X-Men: Days of Future Past the Train

Twentieth Century Fox has named Virgin Trains as the official UK travel partner of "X-Men: Days of Future Past." As part of this partnership, Virgin Trains is wrapping an entire 11-car Pendolino train in wraps based on characters from "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The train will travel across the country for three months in anticipation of the release of "X-Men: Days of Future Past." "For us it's all about our relationship with speed", said Phil Whittingham, Lead Executive at Virgin Trains. "The latest instalment in the X-Men franchise ties in perfectly with Virgin Trains relationship with travel. Time travel is a key theme throughout the new movie and at Virgin Trains we strive to make sure our customer's journeys are as quick as possible, as if our trains are time travel devices." Adrian Varma, Partnerships and Regions Manager at Virgin Trains said: "We're always looking for different ways to bring the Virgin Train experience to life for our customers and we're excited to welcome stars from the film to officially name our Virgin Train 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'. Partnerships are all about creating an immersive experience and we hope the newly refurbished X-Men train will do this for our customers and help to create excitement around the film." Each of the 11 carriages on the Pendolino train will feature a different character wrap with characters from "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Earlier today, Virgin held an official unveiling of the train at London's Euston Station. Special guests James McAvoy (Charles Xavier) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) were in attendance to officially name the train "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The train then shuttled staff, guests, and competition winners on its first trip from London Euston to Birmingham. Chris Green, Theatrical Marketing Director at Twentieth Century Fox, said: "This is a really exciting partnership for Twentieth Century Fox and Virgin Trains. By commissioning the first ever 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' train we have been able to bring the film to Virgin Train customers and fans across the country in a unique and original way ahead of its release." The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class" in an epic battle that must change the past - to save our future. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" opens in theaters May 23, 2014.

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