CrossCountry

Britain’s longest direct train: one Voyager grinding 695 miles and nearly 40 stops from Aberdeen on the North Sea to Plymouth on the Channel.

Stations

1. 0 kmAberdeen
2. 114 kmDundee
3. 127 kmLeuchars
4. 137 kmCupar
5. 146 kmLadybank
6. 155 kmMarkinch
7. Show 25 more stations

   1. 167 kmKirkcaldy
   2. 187 kmInverkeithing
   3. 206 kmHaymarket
   4. 208 kmEdinburgh Waverley
   5. 254 kmDunbar
   6. 299 kmBerwick-upon-Tweed
   7. 351 kmAlnmouth
   8. 380 kmMorpeth
   9. 406 kmNewcastle
   10. 428 kmDurham
   11. 464 kmDarlington
   12. 534 kmYork
   13. 575 kmLeeds
   14. 591 kmWakefield Westgate
   15. 637 kmSheffield
   16. 656 kmChesterfield
   17. 695 kmDerby
   18. 713 kmBurton-upon-Trent
   19. 733 kmTamworth (High Level)
   20. 761 kmBirmingham New Street
   21. 804 kmWorcestershire Parkway
   22. 834 kmCheltenham Spa
   23. 895 kmBristol Parkway
   24. 905 kmBristol Temple Meads
   25. 976 kmTaunton
8. 999 kmTiverton Parkway
9. 1,025 kmExeter St Davids
10. 1,057 kmNewton Abbot
11. 1,071 kmTotnes
12. 1,108 kmPlymouth

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 21118493 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 90 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 28 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8.5 km
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the CrossCountry?

The CrossCountry runs 1,118 km from Aberdeen to Plymouth. It runs through Scotland and England.

How long does the CrossCountry take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 11 h 30 min for the 1,118 km. That is an average of 97 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.

Who runs the CrossCountry?

CrossCountry, with Class 220 Voyager.

How old is the CrossCountry?

The line has been in service since 2025. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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