Question follow-through · 62142

Cross Country Trains: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Crosscountry trains on the performance of its services.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
1 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Crosscountry trains on the performance of its services.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Rail Minister met with the interim CrossCountry Managing Directors on 8 August 2024 and 28 March 2025 and the new Managing Director on 25 June 2025. It has been made clear that CrossCountry need to deliver material improvements to their train services...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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