A young trainspotter captures a photo of a Cross Country Voyager train at Stafford
A young child takes a photograph of the departure of the DB Arriva XC CrossCountry Cross Country Voyager Train service from Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads at Stafford STA Station. Stafford railway station serves the county town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. As it lies at the junction of the Trent Valley Line and the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line, it is an important main line interchange station on the West Coast Main Line. The station is managed by Virgin Trains for Network Rail. CrossCountry is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Arriva UK Trains (Part of the DB Group), operating the New Cross Country franchise. It operates many intercity and other long-distance trains in the UK which do not serve Greater London, including the UK's longest direct rail service from Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland to Penzance in Cornwall, in the south-west of England. It is one of only two franchised train operating companies that does not operate any stations.
Size: 2645px × 2645px
Location: Stafford Station, STA, Staffordshire, Midlands, England, UK, EU
Photo credit: © Charles Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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