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When Arriva were awarded the Cross-country franchise in 2007, they set about boosting capacity by reintroducing HSTs acquired from Virgin and Midland Mainline. These sets were refurbished at Doncaster, but as a stop gap one set ran as a fully ex-Midland Mainline set with a Valenta/MTU combination. On 17th July 2008, this set is seen departing Camborne on the 09:00 Glasgow Central-Penzance, as it approaches the end of its 12-hour trip.

In March 2023, Crosscountry announced that their HST fleet would be withdrawn from service by October 2023.

Description
When Arriva were awarded the Cross-country franchise in 2007, they set about boosting capacity by reintroducing HSTs acquired from Virgin and Midland Mainline. These sets were refurbished at Doncaster, but as a stop gap one set ran as a fully ex-Midland Mainline set with a Valenta/MTU combination. On 17th July 2008, this set is seen departing Camborne on the 09:00 Glasgow Central-Penzance, as it approaches the end of its 12-hour trip.

In March 2023, Crosscountry announced that their HST fleet would be withdrawn from service by October 2023.