CrossCountry Trains

We're pleased to support Edinburgh social enterprise Social Bite as one of this year's Customer and Communities Improvement Fund partners. Our £17,000 grant will go towards up to 20 people affected by homelessness with personalised, trauma-informed employment support. Read more about our partnership: https://lnkd.in/eQQKxxiy

We're delighted to have our first refurbished Class 170 train out on the network this week. 170101 has been all dressed up and is ready to go across our inter-regional routes between Cardiff and Nottingham and between Birmingham, Leicester and Stansted Airport. Have you seen it yet? Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/evcH8wU7

We're pleased to announce the appointment of our new Managing Director, Shiona Rolfe, who will be joining us in March. On her appointment, Shiona said: "I am excited to be joining the CrossCountry team and am looking forward to working with colleagues to deliver high-quality rail services.". Read more on our website:

At CrossCountry, we’re pleased to support small local causes every year through our Regional Directors’ donation schemes. In December, we donated £650 to local charity Cosy Coats to provide brand new winter coats for children who need them. St Edmund Campion Catholic School in Erdington received the funding making sure students were kept warm over the winter. To find out more about our work in local communities across the CrossCountry network, visit our Community Hub here: https://lnkd.in/e8PiZ9a7

Travel brings us together, in more ways than one. So to celebrate the CrossCountry connections between England, Scotland and Wales, we took over Birmingham New St, Edinburgh Waverley and Cardiff Central train stations with an eye-catching showcase of our brand. Thanks to McCann Birmingham for bringing our passengers’ journeys to life.

Yesterday we were delighted to introduce our inaugural Three Nations Connect services, linking Cardiff and Edinburgh directly by rail in a daily midweek train service. As part of the December 2024 timetable change, this daily service has been introduced to connect communities across Wales, England and Scotland, making travel easier and bringing together people and economies. Thanks to everyone who helped us launch the new service yesterday at launch events at both Cardiff and Edinburgh, with support from fellow train operators and Network Rail - as well as some musical accompaniments!

We have an exciting opportunity available! We’re looking for a Brand, Campaigns and Social Media Executive to bring our brand platform ‘Take Us On Your Journey’ to life across our brand and social channels. Apply today! https://rb.gy/i23a36

We’re delighted to work with Friends of St Gabriel’s to help raise funds to directly benefit its students. We’re pleased that all who attend the Fayre today will have the opportunity to learn more about the railway and railway safety.

On Friday we had the pleasure of receiving a Railway Innovation Award along with our partners at Chiltern Railways and CGA Experience for our work on the pilot scheme of a new training software, Empathy Lab.   Empathy Lab is the rail industry’s first learning experience to incorporate augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), which revolutionised the way training was delivered to CrossCountry colleagues taking part in the pilot scheme.   We look forward to seeing what Empathy Lab can deliver for colleagues across the rail industry in future. Many thanks to our partners at Modern Railways and Railway Industry Association for organising another fantastic afternoon of awards.

Although we’re not a local operator, that doesn’t stop us getting involved with local communities – we’ve partnered with to support them in giving all their players the opportunity to join two junior tours this year.   The Litherland teams put on a strong performance, with our £1,000 donation helping all 59 players take part in this Spring’s tournaments at home and away.   As we head into summer we look forward to working with railway colleagues including at Network Rail and Merseyrail to help further engage the children at Litherland on the importance of railway safety.