CrossCountry cuts through driver training backlog during reduced timetable as DfT keeps watching eye

24/01/2025

A CrossCountry Voyager at Kings Sutton.

Managers at CrossCountry say they have achieved the aims of its three-month reduced timetable.

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Derek Amitri - 24/01/2025 08:24

Why remove FC from the Turbostars when the Voyager services are much more overcrowded? I'd have thought Voyagers were a priority for declassifying.
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steve_young - 24/01/2025 10:31

Only 12.3% of trains cancelled in December, now that's what I call a success !
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TeeMarkM. - 31/01/2025 11:37

Is XC doing anything to improve diversionary route knowledge? When the Nuneham Viaduct 'event' blocked Didcot-Oxford for weeks, XC should have diverted at last some trains via Kemble and Bromsgrove. Similarly, XC should have capability to divert via Evesham when some event blocks Wolvercot-Banbury/ Leamington for a long time. For planned work, such diversions can maintain the necessary knowledge. Shoving passengers plus bikes and luggage onto cramped buses should not be the default.
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