CrossCountry is changing

A regional focus and longer-term thinking are key aims for Britain’s most extensive franchise, as CrossCountry Managing Director TOM JOYNER tells Editor PHILIP SHERRATT

The famous sea wall: Voyager No 220002 between Teignmouth and Dawlish on 31 March 2020 with the 07.27 Plymouth to Edinburgh service.
Colin J. Marsden

The coronavirus pandemic has turned life upside down. The railways have had to respond quickly with revised timetables to provide vital services for key workers while also adhering to Government guidance about social distancing.

The response has been rapid. Like other UK franchises, CrossCountry has moved to an Emergency Measures Agreement (EMA), with the Department for Transport taking revenue risk and paying the operator a management fee to continue running services for key workers.

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