August 2014 ~ ArrivaCrossCountry Fleet

Correct as of 18th August 2014


The CrossCountry franchise is Apart of the ArrivaGroup and begun in 2007. It will continue to operate vital services until November 2019. Before being run by Arriva, the CrossCountry franchise was operated by Virgin trains who has operated the service from 1997. It lost the bid in 2007 though.


CrossCountry operate services on the Stansted Airport to Birmingham corridor, which passes through our region once an hour. 4-Car or 6-Car trains travel between Birmingham and Leicester, where the train will divide. The remaining carriages travel to Stansted Airport. The services between Stansted and Leicester are able to be formed of any amount of carriages, up to 6-Cars due to platform length, although this is unlikely. Carriage formations are normally around 2-Car or 3-Car at the most, with up to 6-Car or 8-Car between Leicester and Birmingham to complete the journey.




About the Class 170s used:

Class 170s were constructed between 1998 and 2005 by Bombardier, and are all owned by Porterbrook. They are leased out to CrossCountry as they are reliable & suitable units for the Stansted to Birmingham Service, Although you can't walk from set to set due to concealed cabs. The service often has Catering trolleys included, but staff have to take it off one set and onto another- especially between Leicester and Birmingham, although this doesn't matter to our region!!!




Other routes that the CrossCountry Class170s operate:

The Class 170s also operate Birmingham to Nottingham Stopping services & the Cardiff to Nottingham line. Therefore, some units may not be seen in a while as they may be allocated to different services. CrossCountry have 28 Class170s in total: Up to 8 are used on the Nottingham to Birmingham corridor, Up to 6 on the Cardiff service, And the remaining 14 units on the Stansted/ Leicester line.




170 FleetList:

170101 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170102 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170103 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170104 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170105 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170106 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170107 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170108 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170109 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170110 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170111 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170112 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170113 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170114 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170115 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170116 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170117 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery


170518 - 2 Car - Cross Country Livery

170520 - 2 Car - Cross Country Livery

170521 - 2 Car - Cross Country Livery

170522 - 2 Car - Cross Country Livery

170523 - 2 Car - Cross Country Livery


170636 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170637 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170638 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery

170639 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery


170397 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery


170398 - 3 Car - Cross Country Livery


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