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CrossCountry
Arriva UK Trains Ltd/Arriva plc/Deutsche Bahn AG
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CrossCountry
direct award
replaced
< CrossCountry
was replaced by
CrossCountry >
start date
13 October 2020
end date
15 October 2023
owned by
Arriva UK Trains Ltd/Arriva plc/Deutsche Bahn AG
legal title
XC Trains Limited
description
The contract includes minimal commercial risk for the operator and is based on the terms of the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements issued in September 2020.
The Department for Transport collects the revenue and pays the costs, giving Arriva a management fee which is related to standards of performance.
The contract is described as a ‘direct award franchise agreement’.
service area
Birmingham-Leicester-Cambridge-Stansted Airport; Cardiff-Nottingham; Reading-Birmingham-East Midlands-Newcastle-Edinburgh/Glasgow; South Coast and Reading-Birmingham and Manchester; Penzance-Bristol-Birmingham
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