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CrossCountry NRC

This contract was awarded on 19 September 2023 for a core term of four years from 15 October 2023 and a maximum term of eight.

The contract includes the replacement of High Speed Trains with ‘more modern rolling stock’, refurbishment of existing fleets and direct daily services between Cardiff and Yorkshire, north east England and Edinburgh from December 2024.

Arriva is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB Fernverkehr AG) but has been offered for sale.


$ start date *15 October 2023 ** $ end date * October 2031 (max.) **

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owned by
Arriva (Deutsche Bahn)

legal title
XC Trains Limited

was replaced by
Birmingham-Leicester-Cambridge-Stansted Airport; Cardiff-Nottingham/Edinburgh; Reading-Birmingham-East Midlands-Newcastle-Edinburgh/Glasgow; South Coast and Reading-Birmingham and Manchester; Penzance-Bristol-Birmingham


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