221140 departing #Sheffield on the late running 12.49 to #Derby #class221 #CrossCountryTrains 01/04/26

220028 at #Sheffield on the 17.24 to #Reading #class220 #CrossCountryTrains 28/03/26

Red suitcase on overhead luggage rack on train

Empty floor level luggage rack on train.

A tale in two photos. I'm on a #crosscountrytrains service. Picture 1 is my suitcase up above my head where the burly train manager insisted I (he) put it. Picture 2 is the empty luggage rack where I could reach it. I can't get it down myself. Ableist bully. Oh and no refreshments either.

Good Morning folks Scotty the TM of your 0601 Service to Manchester Piccadilly with the refurbishment Voyager 220027. Famous XC TM on the Famous XC Refurb Voyager. @crosscountryuk.bsky.social
#FamousXCTM #FamousXCVoyager #RefurbishedVoyager #Voyagerrefurb #class220 #XC #Crosscountrytrains

220033 and 221140 at #Sheffield on the 17.22 to #EdinburghWaverley, I am not a fan of voyagers, I do like this new livery though, #class220 #class221 #CrossCountryTrains 18/03/26

#OneSeventyWednesday 170104 pictured passing a sunny Turves on an eastbound Saturday working last month. Three Horse Shoes signalbox can be seen in the distance. #CrossCountryTrains #Fenland #Turbostar 31/1/26

#OneSeventyWednesday Finally scored this one for a 📸 last weekend. Cross Country 170618 with 🌈 Pride vinyls heading towards Peterborough under clear blue skies at Uffington on Saturday afternoon with 1L38 11.22 Birmingham New Street to Ely. #CrossCountryTrains 3/1/26

Well done #crosscountrytrains although the “proper” last train out of Birmingham today has been cancelled, the new “last” train has extra carriages. How very sensible and helpful 👍🏻 well done 👏🏻 #train

Finally caught this one at Uffington last weekend. #OneSeventyWednesday this week is repainted 170102 heading towards Stamford with Cross Country 1N51 10.27 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. #CrossCountryTrains #Turbostar 13/12/25

Bin bag man arrived at my seat and said "perfect timing" the moment I took the teabag out of my tea - I short circuited and sat there for six seconds before i realised he was holding out the bin for my teabag #crosscountrytrains #tea

221116/107 departing #Sheffield on their way to #BristolTempleMeads #class221 #CrossCountryTrains 19/10/25

Earlier this week, when the weather was on our side, I caught this CrossCountry service gliding along the Dawlish Sea Wall with the most stunning sunrise lighting up the sky.

📍 Dawlish Sea Wall
📸 @beachcamsman.bsky.social 

#Dawlish #SouthDevon #SeaWall #RailPhotography #CrossCountryTrains

220020 departing #Doncaster on the 15.59 to #Reading #CrossCountryTrains #class220 01/09/25

Book of choice on the train today. #lovereading #loveyourlibrary #crosscountrytrains

170637 on the 20.13 #SevernTunnelJunction to #Nottingham #class170 #CrossCountryTrains 20/08/25

#TurbostarTuesday Another #CrossCountryTrains 170 ✅️ for 📸 this weekend as i captured 170104 at Uffington working 1L36 10.21 Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport. #Class170 9/8/25

#crosscountrytrains usual appalling service. 4 car train on a long distance route. Standing room only. People crammed into every space. Almost 90 quid for the worst journey in the country.

Come and see us here at The Greatest Gathering Railway 200 Derby
#crosscountrytrains #GreatestGathering #GG #Railway200 #XC #voyager #Railway #TheFamousXCTM
#FamousXCTM @crosscountryuk.bsky.social

220032 departing #Doncaster on the 15.59 to #Reading #class220 #CrossCountryTrains 16/07/25

Yeah sure, this would be great but first of all how about more than one train between Worcs P'kway and Birmingham during the morning rush hour eh Crosscountry Trains? #crosscountry #crosscountrytrains

BBC News - No phone signal on your train? There may be a fix - by 2028
www.bbc.com/news/article...

221111 seen in this shot at #Doncaster on the 16.16 to #Plymouth #class221 #CrossCountryTrains 07/06/25

I really don’t understand why #CrossCountryTrains don’t put more than four carriages on those services which they must know are going to be busy 🙄

Thoroughly miserable experience
#NotSoGreatBritishRailways
#CrossCountryTrains

12.15 Southampton to Oxford
Utterly rammed with tourists? Cruise tourists?
Departed late squeezing them all into 5 carriages
Gangways and entrances/exits blocked up
#departmentfortransport

#TurbostarTuesday taken during the better weather on Saturday, #CrossCountryTrains 170638 passes Ketton, in #Rutland, with 1N51 11.15 Ely to Birmingham New Street. 19/4/25

CrossCountry 220 023 & 220 022 are seen at Chesterfield on 1S51 from Plymouth to Glasgow Central

2nd April 2025

#crosscountrytrains #ukrailscene #class220voyager

Well, today is the day that I will travelling back home to Scotland.
I had a great cycling holiday in Cornwall and did great cycling runs to Land's End and Truro.
Now, the long journey home with @crosscountryuk.bsky.social begins.
#Cornwall #Penzance #JourneyHome #Scotland #CrossCountryTrains

2nd January 2025, and the harsh winter sun certainly made a welcome change to the rain! Cross Country Voyager class 220 speeds through Garforth with 1S33, Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley.
#Class220 #Voyager #CrossCountryTrains #Garforth

Newly refurbished CrossCountry 170 101 passes through Burton-on-Trent on 1M01 from Cardiff Central to Nottingham

📸 14th March 2025

#crosscountrytrains #class170 #ukrailscene #railphotography

#OneSeventyWednesday from Uffington last week. #CrossCountryTrains 170109 heading west with 1N51 10.27 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. #CrossCountry #UnitPhottersUnite 27/2/25

Cross Country Show room fresh 170101 seen arriving into Oakham with 1L49 Birmingham New Street to Cambridge 26-02-2025

YouTube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSG... #crosscountrytrains #oakham #rutland #refurbished #repaint #class170