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 (Click to expand)

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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 Water Orton Sutton Park line Castle Bromwich Bromford Bridge Washwood Heath Yard 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 Central Goods Granville Street Five Ways Church Road Somerset Road University Selly Oak 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 Cotswold Line to Oxford Wadborough Besford Defford Eckington Bredon 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 Filton Filton Junction Filton Abbey Wood Horfield Ashley Hill Bristol and Gloucester Railway Severn Beach line Stapleton Gas Works Stapleton Road Bristol and Gloucester Railway Lawrence Hill Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bristol Barton Hill TMD │ Great Western Main Line Bristol Harbour Railway Bristol Temple Meads Bristol–Exeter line

The Cross Country Route is a long-distance railway route in England, which runs from Bristol Temple Meads to York via Birmingham New Street, Derby, Sheffield and Leeds or Doncaster. Inter-city services on the route, which include some of the longest passenger journeys in the UK such as Aberdeen to Penzance, are operated by CrossCountry.

It is classed as a high-speed line because its sections from Birmingham to Wakefield Westgate and from Leeds to York have a speed limit of 125 mph (200 km/h); however, the section from Birmingham to Bristol is limited to 100 mph (160 km/h) because of numerous level crossings, especially half-barrier level crossings, and the section from Wakefield to Leeds has the same limit because of a number of curves.^{[citation needed]}