‘A failed operator’: CrossCountry repeatedly missed own performance targets despite cutting services
‘A failed operator’: CrossCountry repeatedly missed own performance targets despite cutting services
Posted by F0urLeafCl0ver
‘A failed operator’: CrossCountry repeatedly missed own performance targets despite cutting services
‘A failed operator’: CrossCountry repeatedly missed own performance targets despite cutting services
Posted by F0urLeafCl0ver
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Nothing will change when it goes back in to government ownership.
Northern is proof of this.
>rail company, a subsidiary of Aviva Group,
Arriva Group. Aviva sells insurance. Come on subeditors, where are you?
As much as I loathe CrossCountry and their management, a lot of these issues are very long term and date back to Virgin’s Operation Princess catastrophe.
Fundamentally, they just need a lot more trains because the capacity hasn’t been there for decades. If the government would simply invest in a proper rolling stock strategy and not rely on castoffs from Avanti, a lot of issues would be avoided.
It’s a rotten franchise where the owner hasn’t invested in the XC for over a decade. The best it is getting belatedly are hand-me-downs which will enable it to run a non-overcrowded service, and that’s yet to be seen.
Nothing will change when it moves into Government hands, unless HMG makes a major investment in rolling stock.