00:00Cross Country plans to provide 60,000 extra rail seats each week with Birmingham among
00:06the cities set to benefit. Eight additional Voyager trains will increase capacity on services
00:11linking the city with destinations including Glasgow, Penzance and Bournemouth. Routes serving
00:18Leeds, Leicester, Sheffield, Cardiff, Cambridge and Manchester are also set to gain extra capacity.
00:25Cross Country says the first additional train should enter service early next year,
00:29with the rest arriving by May 2028. The announcement follows figures showing the operator's
00:35punctuality fell by more than six percentage points between April and June this year,
00:41compared with the same period last year.
