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Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has announced adjustments to its timetable from 14 December, as part of the rail industry’s twice-yearly timetable review.

• Giant city centre artwork unveiled on Aire Street in Leeds
• 14-metre-high mural, created by Leeds based artist Elle Koziupa and Global Street Art, celebrates the journeys that have helped shape Leeds
• Photorealism, painterly illustration and graphics combine to depict the textile carts that powered Leeds’ rise to a northern powerhouse, to CrossCountry trains linking the city’s people and culture to the rest of UK today

• CrossCountry will operate a reduced timetable over the Bank Holiday weekend – with no services on Saturday 23 August - due to industrial action by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
• Services on Sunday 24 August are also likely to be subject to cancellations across all CrossCountry routes
• Passengers are advised not to travel on Saturday 23 August and to travel on either side of the Bank Holiday weekend, or claim a full refund

As a once-in-a-generation celebration of rail heritage and innovation prepares to open its gates, the East Midlands rail network is gearing up to get thousands of visitors safely to and from The Greatest Gathering.

CrossCountry has today, Friday 4 July, announced the appointments of a new Customer and Commercial Director and Service Delivery Director who will join the Executive leadership team imminently.

• CrossCountry customers are being warned of ongoing travel disruption due to industrial action by the RMT union on weekdays and Saturdays.
• Planned industrial action by the union will mean short-notice cancellations from Monday 9 June until Saturday 25 October.
• Restrictions on when RMT members can work will mean more cancellations than usual over this period – passengers are advised to check before travelling.

• CrossCountry customers are being warned of ongoing travel disruption due to industrial action by the RMT union on weekdays and Saturdays.
• Planned industrial action by the union will mean short-notice cancellations from Monday 9 June until Saturday 25 October.
• Restrictions on when RMT members can work will mean more cancellations than usual over this period – passengers are advised to check before travelling.

• Train operator announces its annual Customer and Communities Improvement Fund worth £100,000.
• CrossCountry welcomes projects that reduce pollution, protect the environment, support sustainable community growth, and create a positive impact for our employees and wider society.
• The funding window is open from Tuesday 6 May until Friday 6 June 2025.

Aimed at enhancing rail safety awareness, a collaborative partnership between train operator CrossCountry and the Rail Safe Friendly Programme has successfully reached over 60,000 young people across 150 schools in the UK.

Train company CrossCountry, which operates rail services between Birmingham and Manchester, have today revealed the results of unique charity collections pioneered by colleagues across the route.

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has announced changes to timetables from May 2025, improving service reliability and reducing overcrowding on the CrossCountry network.

• Train operator CrossCountry has awarded almost £17,000 to social enterprise Social Bite’s Jobs First programme in Edinburgh.
• The funding has been made possible through the business’ Customer and Communities Improvement Fund.
• The grant will support up to 20 people affected by homelessness with personalised, trauma-informed employment support.