Virgin CrossCountry was a train operating company in the United Kingdom that operated the InterCity CrossCountry passenger franchise from January 1997 until November 2007. Along with the InterCity West Coast franchise held by a separate legal entity, the company traded under the Virgin Trains brand.
A Class 220 Voyager at Bristol Temple Meads in 2005
43093 Lady in Red in Virgin Cross/Country livery at Preston
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Image: 47817 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Exeter St Davids
Virgin Trains (VT) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019. The franchise covered long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and southern Scotland, consequently connecting six of the UK's largest cities: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh, which have a combined metropolitan population of over 18 million. Virgin Trains had around 3,400 employees in 2015.
Virgin Pendolino 390045 set heads from Glasgow to Euston in the Upper Clyde Valley
Class 87 at Stafford in 2002
Class 390 Pendolino at Stoke-on-Trent
Class 221 Super Voyager at Glasgow Central
