Virgin CrossCountry

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Virgin CrossCountry was a former UK train operating company that ran long-distance intercity passenger rail services across Great Britain under the Virgin Trains brand.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former franchise operator
train operating company
brand Virgin Trains
country United Kingdom
endDate 2007-11-10
franchise Cross Country franchise
linked to: CrossCountry
franchiseEndReason franchise re-letting
headquartersLocation Birmingham
introducedRollingStock Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
networkType inter-city network
notableRoute Bournemouth to Manchester service
Penzance to Dundee service
Plymouth to Edinburgh service
operatedIn Great Britain
operatedRollingStock British Rail Class 220 Voyager
British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager
British Rail Class 47
High Speed Train
Mark 2 coaching stock
Mark 3 coaching stock
operatedServices Birmingham-centric cross-country routes
Cross-country intercity services
services linking Scotland with South West England
services linking South Coast of England with North West England
services linking South West England with North East England
operatedUnderContractWith Department for Transport
ownedBy Stagecoach Group
Virgin Group
parentCompany Virgin Rail Group
linked to: Virgin Trains
partOf privatised British railway system
predecessorInfrastructureOwner Railtrack
primaryHub Birmingham New Street railway station
regionServed England
Scotland
Wales
regulatedBy Office of Rail Regulation
Strategic Rail Authority
safetySystem AWS
TPWS
serviceType intercity rail
long-distance passenger rail
passenger rail
startDate 1997-01-05
succeededBy CrossCountry
successorOperator Arriva CrossCountry
linked to: Arriva UK Trains
ticketingSystem National Rail
tookOverFrom InterCity CrossCountry
trackOwner Network Rail
usedBranding Virgin Trains livery
linked to: Virgin Trains

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CrossCountry formerName Virgin CrossCountry
Class 220 Voyager operator Virgin CrossCountry
Virgin Trains operatedBrand Virgin CrossCountry
Class 222 Meridian operator CrossCountry (limited historical use)
linked to: Virgin CrossCountry
InterCity CrossCountry successor Virgin CrossCountry
Voyager trains enteredServiceWith Virgin CrossCountry