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CrossCountry

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’.


$ start date *13 October 2020 ** $ end date * 15 October 2023 **

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owned by
Arriva

legal title
XC Trains Limited

was replaced by
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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