CrossCountry

CrossCountry is the brand name of the British railway company XC Trains Limited. It is a subsidiary of Arriva and thus also of Deutsche Bahn and operates several intercity services within the United Kingdom.

Rolling stock

CrossCountry operates on its network three train types, in addition to several sets of older High Speed ​​Train, these are also traits of the British class 170 ( called Turbo Star ) and 220/221 ( called Voyager ).

Route network

CrossCountry operates six main routes ( = Cross Country dt across the country ) on the cross-country route, one of the main routes of Great Britain, from the southwest to the northeast of the country rich and have a common intersection in Birmingham:

• Route 1 from Plymouth via Birmingham New Street and Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
• Route 2 from Reading via Birmingham New Street and Doncaster to Newcastle
• Route 3 from Bristol Temple Meads via Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
• Route 4 from Bournemouth via Coventry and Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
• Route 5 from Cardiff via Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
• Route 6 from Birmingham New Street on Leicester to Stansted Airport

This core network, which is operated by the hour, is regularly continued at its end points, for example, from Plymouth to Penzance to or from Edinburgh to Aberdeen.