Classic route
CrossCountry
Aberdeen → Plymouth · Scotland · England
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.
- Distance
- 1,118 km
- Fastest time
- 11 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 97 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAberdeen +1
- 26 kmStonehaven
- 65 kmMontrose
- 86 kmArbroath
- 113 kmDundee
- 127 kmLeuchars
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- 137 kmCupar
- 146 kmLadybank
- 155 kmMarkinch
- 166 kmKirkcaldy
- 187 kmInverkeithing
- 206 kmHaymarket +2
- 208 kmEdinburgh Waverley +5
- 299 kmBerwick-upon-Tweed +1
- 351 kmAlnmouth
- 406 kmNewcastle +4
- 428 kmDurham +2
- 464 kmDarlington +3
- 534 kmYork +4
- 575 kmLeeds +5
- 591 kmWakefield Westgate +1
- 637 kmSheffield +2
- 656 kmChesterfield +2
- 695 kmDerby +1
- 713 kmBurton-on-Trent
- 761 kmBirmingham New Street +2
- 834 kmCheltenham Spa
- 895 kmBristol Parkway +1
- 905 kmBristol Temple Meads +2
- 976 kmTaunton +2
- 999 kmTiverton Parkway +2
- 1,025 kmExeter St Davids +5
- 1,057 kmNewton Abbot +2
- 1,071 kmTotnes +2
- 1,108 kmPlymouth +2
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the CrossCountry on 17 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
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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