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CrossCountry Proposed Services

During December 2016, CrossCountry published a consultation document for changes to the timetable proposed to be implemented in December 2017. These included:

Extending all hourly Bristol–Manchester services to and from Exeter St Davids, providing a total of two trains per hour between Exeter and Birmingham.
Increasing the frequency of services during peak times on several routes.
An additional service to and from Aberdeen running in the early afternoon.

To allow these changes to take place, all CrossCountry services on some routes (which had a limited service) would be withdrawn and replaced with extra services run by other operators.

These included:

between Exeter St Davids and Paignton (except for one early-morning northbound service), replaced by Great Western Railway services.
between Reading and Guildford, replaced by Great Western Railway services.
between Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen in the morning and evening (Aberdeen would be served during the day instead), replaced by ScotRail services.

In April 2017, it was announced the proposed changes would not be proceeding.

CrossCountry Overview

CrossCountry Franchise(s):

New CrossCountry

11 November 2007 - 15 October 2023

CrossCountry Main Region(s): East MidlandsNorth East EnglandNorth West EnglandSouth West EnglandWest MidlandsYorkshire & the Humber

CrossCountry Other Region(s): East of EnglandScotlandSouth East EnglandWales

CrossCountry Fleet Size:

12 Class 43s for 5 High Speed Train sets, 2 spares.

40 Mark 3 carriages

29 Class 170 Turbostars

34 Class 220 Voyagers

24 Class 221 Super Voyagers

CrossCountry Stations Called At: 120

CrossCountry Parent Company: Arriva UK Trains

CrossCountry Headquarters: Birmingham

CrossCountry Reporting Mark: XC

CrossCountry Predecessor:

Virgin CrossCountry

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CrossCountry Technical Length: 2,397.9 km (1,490.0 mi)

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