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CrossCountry
Arriva UK Trains Ltd/Arriva plc/Deutsche Bahn AG
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CrossCountry
expired franchise
replaced
< CrossCountry
< Central Trains (part)
was replaced by
CrossCountry >
start date
11 November 2007
end date
October 2020
owned by
Arriva UK Trains Ltd/Arriva plc/Deutsche Bahn AG
legal title
XC Trains Ltd
description
CrossCountry, owned by Arriva plc (and therefore Deutsche Bahn after 2010), was the successor to the original Virgin franchise of the same name, inheriting a large proportion of Virgin’s fleet of Voyager demus.
The network had evolved during Virgin's management – particularly after the original franchise had been replaced by a management contract in 2002 – and changed again when ‘New CrossCountry’ was offered by the DfT, which added some routes from the former Central Trains franchise.
This 'remapping' was announced on 18 October 2005 and the new contract began on 11 November 2007.
It was to have ended in 2016 but was then extended to October 2019. The end date could be extended by up to 13 reporting periods (52 weeks), and this extension was activated. Like all franchises, CrossCountry was placed under an Emergency Measures Agreement in March 2020
service area
Long-distance and regional services. Birmingham-Leicester-Cambridge-Stansted Airport; Cardiff-Nottingham; Reading-Birmingham-East Midlands-Newcastle-Edinburgh/Glasgow; South Coast and Reading-Birmingham and Manchester; Penzance/Newquay-Bristol-Birmingham
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