With the festive period approaching, the railway network will be busier than usual, please check your journey before you travel - more information
Wednesday 28 April 2010
CrossCountry trains is urging people to plan ahead and book their travel early to get the cheapest tickets. Advanced tickets go on sale 12 weeks ahead of the travel date, so log onto crosscountrytrains.co.uk from 27 April when the cheapest advanced tickets will be released for travellers to Latitude Festival.
Advanced tickets are already on sale for Glastonbury, Download, T in the Park and O2 Wireless and advanced tickets will soon be going on sale for other major festivals including, Reading & Leeds, V Festival, The Big Chill and Bestival.
Through the award-winning crosscountrytrains.co.uk website, revellers can book any rail journey, with any train operator for anywhere in Britain
So festival goers, check out your search engine - crosscountrytrains.co.uk - for the best book-in-advance deals for any rail journey in Britain.
For more information please call the CrossCountry Press Office on 0121 2006115 or email [email protected]
CrossCountry started operating on 11 November 2007. The franchise, which is the most extensive in the UK, will run until 31 March 2016. For further information on CrossCountry services and future franchise plans log on to www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk
CrossCountry is now live on Facebook at facebook.com/crosscountrytrains.
Arriva is one of the largest private sector providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing more than 43,500 people (including share of associate companies) and providing more than one billion passenger journeys every year.
Arriva provides transport services including buses, trains, commuter coaches and water buses, and operates in 12 European countries: Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
CrossCountry facts and figures
STATIONS SERVED: 118
ROUTE MILES: 1,478
WEEKDAY SERVICES: 295
PASSENGERS CARRIED: Over 30 million passenger journeys a year anticipated
ANNUAL TRAIN MILEAGE: Approximately 16 million
EMPLOYEES: Approximately 1,600
LONGEST TRAIN SERVICE: 08.20 Aberdeen to Penzance (773 miles)
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CrossCountry Press Office: [email protected]
About CrossCountry
CrossCountry is a long-distance passenger train operator, with a network stretching from Aberdeen to Penzance and from Stansted to Cardiff and calling at over 100 stations. Based in Birmingham, CrossCountry connects seven of Britain’s 10 largest cities and delivers 240 services every weekday, equating to over 42 million passenger journeys each year.
For further information on CrossCountry services, visit crosscountrytrains.co.uk or visit one of our social media platforms via X @crosscountryuk or Facebook at facebook.com/crosscountrytrains
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