CrossCountry

This article covers the UK railway company XC Trains Limited . For cycling see Mountainbike # Cross-Country (XC / CC) , for further meanings see Cross Country .

CrossCountry
Basic information
company	XC Trains Limited
Seat	Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland , SR3 3XP
Concession and duration	New Cross Country November 11, 2007 - November 9, 2019
Parent company	Arriva Group
statistics
fleet	10 British Class 43 for 5 High Speed ​​Train Sets 29 British Class 170 34 British Class 220 23 British Class 221
Train stations	119
Main line	Cross-Country Route
Branch line	East Coast Main Line
website
crosscountrytrains.co.uk

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

2nd class of a Cross Country Voyager

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

Route network

CrossCountry operates six main routes that extend over the Cross-Country Route , one of the main routes in Great Britain, from the southwest to the northeast of the country (CrossCountry = German across the country ) and have a common intersection in Birmingham :

• Route 1 from Plymouth via Birmingham New Street and Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
• Route 2 from Reading to Newcastle via Birmingham New Street and Doncaster
• 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 Picadilly
• Route 5 from Cardiff via Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
• Route 6 from Birmingham New Street via Leicester to London Stansted Airport

This core network, which is served every hour, is regularly continued at its endpoints, for example from Plymouth to Penzance or from Edinburgh to Aberdeen .

Rolling stock

Existing vehicles
model series	image	Type	V / max	passenger cars	number	Construction year
British class 43		Diesel locomotive	200 km / h		10	1976-1982
British class Mark 3		Passenger cars			40	1975-1988
British class 170		Railcar (diesel)	160 km / h	2	13	1999-2002
				3	16
British class 220		Diesel-electric drive	200 km / h	4th	34	2000-2001
British class 221		Diesel-electric drive	200 km / h	4th	1	2001-2002
				5	22nd

Web links

Commons : CrossCountry  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of Cross Country (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Terms and conditions . ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. crosscountry.co.uk.Retrieved March 25, 2012  
2. ↑ Our trains . ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. crosscountry.co.uk.Retrieved March 25, 2012  
3. ↑ Routes . ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. crosscountry.co.uk.Retrieved March 25, 2012