CrossCountry's Regional Services Just Got A HUGE Upgrade
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Video Description
After many years of poor investment, the CrossCountry network is finally seeing (some) improvements to its services by introducing newly refurbished trains, with its regional express Class 170 fleet being the first in for treatment. Quite a lot has changed but is it any good? Find out in this video! Journey details: Date of travel - March 2025 Operator - CrossCountry Train - Class 170 "Turbostar" Class of travel - Standard Origin - Coleshill Parkway (originally Birmingham New Street) Destination - Cambridge Price - £10.35 (inc Railcard discount of 1/3) Distance - 129 miles Journey time - 2 hours, 36 minutes Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video! Music from EpidemicSound and is used under license. Thumbnail credit to @downonthestour - check out his channel for fantastic content! Follow me on social media: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/omtherails.bsky.social Instagram: https://instagram.com/omtherails TikTok (videos coming soon!): https:/:tiktok.com/omtherails Support the channel here (all proceeds go towards making new videos!): https://ko-fi.com/omtherails #class170 #crosscountrytrains #crosscountry #birmingham #cambridge #tripreport #vlog #trains #turbostar Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Birmingham New Street (Sort of...) 02:31 CrossCountry Regional Services & Arrival of the Train 04:13 Boarding & Route Summary 05:22 Departure & Travelling Through the West Midlands 07:02 Interior 08:45 Crossing the East Midlands 10:33 Walkthrough 11:52 Loo Review 12:45 Entering the East Anglia 15:25 Journey Summary, Conclusions & Pricing 16:05 Arrival into Cambridge & Outro - Thanks for Watching!
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