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CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited [2]) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the current CrossCountry franchise.. The CrossCountry franchise was restructured by the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2006, incorporating elements of both the Central Trains and the Virgin CrossCountry franchises, ahead of its invitation to tender on October of that year.
43093 Lady in Red in Virgin Cross/Country livery at Preston. Virgin CrossCountry inherited a fleet of Class 47 and Class 86 locomotives, Mark 2 Carriages, High Speed Trains and Class 158 Express Sprinter diesel multiple units from British Rail. Class 47s on hire from English Welsh & Scottish and Fragonset were also fairly common.
TransPennine Trains Limited, trading as TransPennine Express (TPE), [1] is a British train operating company that has operated passenger services in the TransPennine Express franchise area since May 2023. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major cities and towns of Northern England and Scotland.
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Gatwick Express, the third railway service to be franchised in 1996. Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain is the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private companies, which has been in effect since 1996 and was greatly altered in 2020, with rail franchising being effectively abolished in May 2021.
CrossCountry operates long-distance cross-country routes. The New Cross Country franchise runs from 11 November 2007 until October 2027. [6] [7] [8] Grand Central is a open-access operator operating from London King's Cross to Bradford Interchange and Sunderland. The operator runs from 18 December 2007 until December 2026.
First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership. During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP).
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