CrossCountry - CrossCountry Core Services - E

• Inter-City: long-distance, fast services between the South of England and the North of England or Scotland via Birmingham, these routes are typically operated by Voyagers or HST sets.
• Regional: medium-distance, stopping or semi-fast services between Birmingham and other cities in the Midlands, as well as some longer runs to Wales and West Anglia. These are usually operated by Turbostars.

• Plymouth – Edinburgh Waverley   1 tph

• Services typically call either at Tamworth or Burton-on-Trent, and either at Morpeth or Alnmouth.
• 2 trains per day run to Penzance, calling at St Erth, Redruth, Truro, St Austell, Bodmin Parkway, Liskeard.
• 1 train per day starts at Aberdeen, calling at Stonehaven, Montrose, Arbroath, Dundee, Leuchars, Cupar, Ladybank, Markinch, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket.
• 1 train per day extends to and from Glasgow Central, calling at Haymarket and Motherwell.

• Bristol Temple Meads – Manchester Piccadilly   1 tph

• Bournemouth – Manchester Piccadilly   1 tph

• Reading – Newcastle   5 tpd

• Cardiff Central – Nottingham 1 tph

• Birmingham New Street – Cambridge   1tp2h

• Birmingham New Street – Stansted Airport   1tp2h

• Birmingham New Street – Leicester   1 tph

• Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport and Manchester: two trains per hour
• Derby: at least two trains per hour
• Sheffield, York, Darlington and Newcastle: at least one train per hour via Leeds
• Nottingham: one train per hour
• Leicester: two trains per hour
• Leamington Spa, Oxford and Reading: two trains per hour (including one via Coventry)
• Cheltenham: three trains per hour
• Bristol: two trains per hour
• The Sunday service pattern is mostly similar to the weekday one, except that services typically do not start until late morning or early afternoon, and often have a slightly different stopping pattern. Several Bristol–Manchester trains start from Birmingham New Street on Sundays.