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I don't know about the specific rolling stock, but Cross Country are not regional – they do long distance journeys and have things like catering onboard for fir

I don't know about the specific rolling stock, but Cross Country are not regional – they do long distance journeys and have things like catering onboard for first class, so I wouldn't call them modest either. I could be wrong about the design flaw being on the ECML though - it might be the long distance Virgin services that I'm thinking of.

theoh 8y ago
The Cross Country trains are InterCity trains, just not as prestigious, or as high speed (and not electrically powered). Correcting what I said before, according to Wiki, the Cross Country services are now operated by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_170 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_170 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_220 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_220 The story in question seems to be this one: https://metro.co.uk/2013/10/06/virgin-trains-to-spend-3-5m-removing-toilet-smell-from-train-corridors-4135746/ https://metro.co.uk/2013/10/06/virgin-trains-to-spend-3-5m-r... So it's Class 220s (the Cross Country trains) and Pendolinos that had the problem. All were being operated by Virgin, the Pendolinos on the West Coast main line.