A CrossCountry British Rail Class 220 | Class 220 Voyager at the company's Birmingham New Street hub, at which all CrossCountry trains call A large number of railway lines meet at Birmingham New Street railway station, which is a hub of the UK rail network and where all intercity trains in Birmingham city centre go.

* 5 January – Further British train operating companies begin operation of their passenger service franchises as part of the privatisation of British Rail: Anglia Railways ( GB Railways ); Great Eastern ( First Group ); Virgin CrossCountry ; and WAGN ( Prism Rail ).

It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Arriva Trains Wales, although First Great Western and CrossCountry also provide services.

From May 2003 until September 2004 Midland Mainline operated an hourly service between St Pancras and Manchester Piccadilly at the request of the Strategic Rail Authority whilst the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Manchester underwent engineering work using former Virgin CrossCountry High Speed Trains.

In July 2002 in the wake of the collapse of Railtrack and the inability of Network Rail to deliver on the 140 mph West Coast Main Line upgrade, both the Virgin CrossCountry and Virgin West Coast franchises were suspended in favour of management contracts.

, train operators serving the station are CrossCountry, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail.

* Platforms 1 and 2-Northern Rail ; First TPE to Cleethorpes ; CrossCountry to Newcastle and Scotland

* Platform 6-Northern Rail to Nottingham ; CrossCountry to Birmingham and the south

The tram has rail connections with East Midlands Trains, CrossCountry and Northern Rail at Station Street ( for Nottingham railway station ), and at Bulwell and Hucknall for the Robin Hood Line.

Train services in the area are mainly operated by Northern Rail with additional services from First TransPennine Express, Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains.

Services which operate over the entire length of the route are provided by Northern Rail as well as by a number of CrossCountry trains.

Virgin Rail Group bid for a number of rail franchises winning the InterCity CrossCountry franchise.

In July 2002 in the wake of the collapse of Railtrack and the inability of Network Rail to deliver on the 140 mph West Coast Main Line upgrade, both the Virgin CrossCountry and Virgin West Coast franchises were suspended in favour of management contracts.

It is served by East Midlands Trains, CrossCountry and Northern Rail ; prior to 11 November 2007, it was served by Midland Mainline and Central Trains.

The station is also served by CrossCountry, Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains.

Owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains, the station is also used by CrossCountry services and one Northern Rail service.

Current ( 2012 ) passenger services are CrossCountry long distance express services, and Northern Rail stopping services from Sheffield to Leeds ( via Wakefield Westgate ), and to Adwick or Scunthorpe ( via Doncaster ), along with infrequent East Midland Trains express services from London to Leeds, and Northern Rail stopping trains to York via Pontefract.

All CrossCountry services are operated by Class 220 Voyager and Class 221 Super Voyager units.

Chepstow is serviced by Arriva Trains Wales ; there is a service provided by CrossCountry Trains from Cardiff Central to Nottingham, via Birmingham New Street, in peek commuter times, and operated by Class 170 diesel multiple units constructed by Bombardier in Derby.

* CrossCountry's Class 220 Voyagers, Class 221 Super Voyagers and, occasionally, HST sets that CrossCountry introduced after it took over from Virgin CrossCountry.

While intended for Virgin's West Coast franchise they were used to haul failed Virgin CrossCountry Class 220 Voyagers from as far as Aberdeen, Eastleigh and Plymouth on occasions.

This agreement ended when the franchise changed to Arriva CrossCountry, and have now reverted to their former Class 1 designation.

The Class 222 is similar to the Class 220 Voyager and Class 221 SuperVoyager trains used by CrossCountry and Virgin Trains but units have a different interior, which is less cramped than the Voyager's.

Unlike the Class 220s, the Class 221s were built with a hydraulic-actuated tilting system to run at high speed around bends, though this has now been disabled on the 23 sets operated by CrossCountry.

Today the line is served by Arriva CrossCountry Voyager services from Aberdeen to Penzance and their Class 170 Nottingham to Cardiff service, together with the London Midland Hereford to Birmingham New Street Class 170 local passenger service.

File: Burton-on-Trent railway station MMB 06 220020. jpg | An intercity CrossCountry train at Burton upon Trent railway station

CrossCountry Trains | CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains.

" InterCity CrossCountry ", using the West Midlands sections of the WCML, was also greatly developed with the introduction of HST units transferred from the ECML after the latter's electrification.

The northern part of the route between Derby and Sheffield also forms part of the Cross Country Route and is shared with CrossCountry.

All of services are provided by CrossCountry, with trains between Cardiff Central, Birmingham, and Nottingham, as well as longer-distance services to destinations such as Bristol Temple Meads, Leeds and Newcastle.

Junctions at Leicester and Derby stations link with CrossCountry trains route, serving the far north east of Scotland and the south west of England.

Some Virgin Trains Northbound services Preston and Glasgow Central and Southbound to London Euston also use this platform along with a CrossCountry service to Manchester Piccadilly.

Along with Kensington Olympia, East Croydon was until 13 December 2008 one of two stations in the London area to be served by CrossCountry.

Most of these companies operate their services from one of the many London termini, with CrossCountry being the exception, running from Cornwall to Scotland.

Fast passenger trains on CrossCountry services linking Scotland, the North of England and the Midlands with and, pass through the station without stopping.

* CrossCountry operates an hourly Cardiff Central-Nottingham service with 1 Nottingham-bound and 2 Cardiff-bound trains in the early morning plus 1 in each direction in the late evening stopping at Lydney, Chepstow, Caldicot and Severn Tunnel Junction.

When reopened in 1997, there were considerably more northbound services, with many CrossCountry or former Central Trains services from Cardiff calling there.

In addition to the local passenger services, the line between Derby and Ambergate Junction is also used by East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry fast services along with freight services operated by various companies.

Most services are operated by London Midland who manage the station, with some services also operated by CrossCountry.

An incident occurred at the station's level crossing on 23 March 2011 when a fault with the automatic barriers caused a northbound CrossCountry service to pass over the crossing at while the gates were raised ( although the traffic lights were red ).

CrossCountry services between Edinburgh / Newcastle and Birmingham New Street and beyond ( to and and to Bristol Temple Meads, and ) also call here twice each hour, along with hourly First TransPennine Express trains between Newcastle and Manchester Airport via, and.

The station is served mainly by CrossCountry trains on the to Edinburgh route ( with projections to / from, or ).

The station is currently served by four train operators ( Virgin Trains, London Midland and CrossCountry, with limited services from Arriva Trains Wales ) and rail replacement bus services.

No fast services run the entire length of the line, although CrossCountry trains link Sheffield with Doncaster, as do occasional East Midlands Trains services, while First TransPennine Express operates the South TransPennine route linking Sheffield with Scunthorpe via Doncaster

In December 2008, CrossCountry launched its new timetable with most trains operating between Bournemouth and, with one service originating at and one service on Saturdays terminating at.