CrossCountry's Regional Services Just Got A HUGE Upgrade

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

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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!