Virgin CrossCountry

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former franchise operator train operating company

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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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former franchise operator ⓘ train operating company ⓘ
brand	Virgin Trains ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate	2007-11-10 ⓘ
franchise	CrossCountry ⓘ surface form: Cross Country franchise
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	Voyager diesel-electric multiple units ⓘ surface form: British Rail Class 220 Voyager Voyager diesel-electric multiple units ⓘ surface form: 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 Trains ⓘ surface form: Virgin Rail Group
partOf	privatised British railway system ⓘ
predecessorInfrastructureOwner	Railtrack ⓘ
primaryHub	Birmingham New Street ⓘ surface form: Birmingham New Street railway station
regionServed	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
regulatedBy	Office of Rail and Road ⓘ surface form: 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 UK Trains ⓘ surface form: Arriva CrossCountry
ticketingSystem	National Rail ⓘ
tookOverFrom	InterCity CrossCountry ⓘ
trackOwner	Network Rail ⓘ
usedBranding	Virgin Trains ⓘ surface form: Virgin Trains livery

Referenced by (3)

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

CrossCountry → formerName → Virgin CrossCountry ⓘ

Virgin Trains → operatedBrand → Virgin CrossCountry ⓘ

Class 220 Voyager → operator → Virgin CrossCountry ⓘ