Cross Country Route

Cross Country Route
Cross Country Route
	A CrossCountry Class 221 Super Voyager departing from Bristol Temple Meads in 2010
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Termini	York; Bristol Temple Meads;
Stations	48
Service
Type	Suburban rail, Heavy rail, Inter-city rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	CrossCountry (principal operator); East Midlands Railway; Great Western Railway; Northern Trains; TransPennine Express; West Midlands Trains
Rolling stock	Class 170 Turbostar; Class 220 Voyager; Class 221 Super Voyager
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Partial 25 kV AC OHLE, from Bromsgrove to Birmingham New Street, Doncaster and Wakefield Westgate to Neville Hill TMD, Colton Junction to York; In progress: Colton Junction to Church Fenton
Operating speed	Up to 125 mph (200 km/h) maximum, some sections limited to 100 mph (160 km/h)
Route map
Route map
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Cross Country Route

Legend

East Coast Main Line
& North TransPennine

North TransPennine &
York–Scarborough line

York (old)

York

National Railway Museum

East Coast Main Line
former route

Copmanthorpe

East Coast Main Line

Bolton Percy

Ulleskelf

Church Fenton to Wetherby line

Church Fenton

Hull to York line

Selby Line

Dearne Valley line

Micklefield

East Garforth

Garforth

Cross Gates–Wetherby line

Cross Gates

Osmondthorpe

Neville Hill TMD

Hunslet branch line

Marsh Lane

Leeds

Hallam Line & Pontefract line

Leeds Central

Airedale line & Harrogate line

Calder Valley line

Huddersfield line &
North TransPennine

Huddersfield line

Beeston

Great Northern Railway

Ardsley

East and West
Yorkshire Union Railway

Outwood

Methley Joint Rly

Great Northern Railway

Wakefield Westgate

W'd Kirkgate

Hallam Line

Sandal and Agbrigg

Midland Main Line

Pontefract line

Hare Park & Crofton

Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly

Great Central Railway

Nostell

Fitzwilliam

Hemsworth

Hull and Barnsley Railway

Dearne Valley line

Wakefield line

Moorthorpe

Frickley

Thurnscoe

Hull and Barnsley Railway

Dearne Valley Railway

Goldthorpe

Hull and Barnsley Railway

Bolton-upon-Dearne

Midland Main Line

Great Central Railway

Swinton–Doncaster line

Swinton

Kilnhurst West

Great Central Railway

Aldwarke Corus steelyard

Parkgate and Rawmarsh

Rotherham Parkgate

Rotherham Masborough

Rotherham Central

Rotherham Westgate

(S&R)

C F Booth scrapyard

Great Central Railway

Midland Main Line (former route)

Holmes

Great Central Railway

Hallam Line & Penistone Line

Meadowhall Interchange

Brightside

Sheffield District Railway

Upwell Street Wharf

Brightside Wharf

Sheffield Wicker │ Attercliffe Road

Stocksbridge Line

Sheffield–Lincoln line

Sheffield

Heeley

Millhouses and Ecclesall

Beauchief

Dore & Totley

Hope Valley line &
South TransPennine

Dronfield

Unstone

Nesfield branch line

Sheepbridge

Great Central Railway

Midland Main Line (former route)

Chesterfield

Chesterfield Market Place

Lancashire, Derbyshire
& East Coast Railway

Great Central Railway

Clay Cross

Derwent Valley line

Clay Cross Tunnel

Stretton

Ashover Light Railway

Wingfield

Ambergate–Pye Bridge line

Derwent Valley line

Ambergate

Belper

Duffield

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Ripley branch line

GNR
Derbyshire and
Staffordshire Extension

Derby Nottingham Road

Chaddesden

Sidings

│

Midland
Main Line

Derby

Midland Main Line

Derby Litchurch Lane Works

Ramsline Halt

Peartree

Sinfin branch line

Castle Donington line

Willington Power Station

Crewe–Derby line

Willington

GNR
Derbyshire and
Staffordshire Extension

Horninglow Wharf

Burton-on-Trent

Mosley Street

Burton-on-Trent freight lines

Leicester–Burton upon Trent line

Branston

Barton and Walton

Central Rivers TMD

South Staffordshire line

Croxall

Elford

Tamworth

West Coast
Main Line

Wilnecote

Birmingham Intermodal

Freight Terminal

Kingsbury

Birmingham–Peterborough line

Birmingham & Derby Junction Rly

Sutton Park line

Stechford to Aston line

Saltley

Lawley Street

Freightliner depot

Saltley Scrapyard

Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line

Camp Hill line

Cross-City Line & Chase Line

Proof House Junction

Birmingham Curzon Street

Chiltern Main Line
& Snow Hill lines

Birmingham New Street

Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line

Cadbury Railway and Wharf

Bournville

Camp Hill line

Lifford Wharf branch

Kings Norton

Northfield

Longbridge

Halesowen Railway

Barnt Green

Cross-City Line – Gloucester loop line

Blackwell

Lickey Incline

Bromsgrove

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove Line

Dunhampstead

Spetchley

Worcester Shrub Hill

Worcestershire Parkway

to Oxford

Gloucester loop line

Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway

MoD Ashchurch

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury

Cleeve

Cheltenham High Street

Cheltenham Spa

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Rly

Banbury and Cheltenham
Direct Railway

Churchdown

Gloucester–Newport line

Gloucester Yard

Gloucester Eastgate

Haresfield

Golden Valley line

Stonehouse (Bristol Road)

Stonehouse & Nailsworth Rly

Frocester

Cam and Dursley

(Coaley Junction 1856-1965)

Dursley & Midland Junction Rly

Berkeley Road

Sharpness branch line

Charfield

Wickwar

Thornbury branch line

Yate

South Wales Main Line

Westerleigh Oil depot

Bristol and Gloucester Railway

Coalpit Heath

Winterbourne

Bristol Parkway

Stoke Gifford depot

South Wales Main Line

Henbury Loop Line

Bristol and Gloucester Railway

Severn Beach line

Stapleton Gas Works

Stapleton Road

Bristol and Gloucester Railway