From spring 2005, Class 57/3s were used to haul two daily Virgin services from Crewe to Holyhead, complementing the Class 221 "Super Voyagers" that covered the other North Wales services. The downside of this arrangement was that whilst the Class 390 "Pendolino" sets are longer and have the added advantage of running off OHLE south of Crewe, coupling and uncoupling at Crewe added to the journey time. From December 2008, all North Wales Coast services were operated by Super Voyagers except for one Saturday service formed of a Class 57/3 and Class 390 "Pendolino" set. This too was converted to Voyager operation in November 2012.