Alstom has signed an eight-year extension to its Train Services Agreement (TSA) for the CrossCountry train fleet in the UK covering the Voyager and Super Voyager vehicles. The contract which will be implemented until 2031 has a value of EUR 950 million.
Under the agreement, Alstom will continue to maintain, overhaul, service and clean 252 vehicles of the CrossCountry fleet comprising 34 Class 220 Voyagers and 24 Class 221 Super Voyagers. The services will take place at CrossCountry Central Rivers maintenance depot, in Barton-under-Needwood. In addition, seven Voyagers will move to CrossCountry when they are released from service with Avanti West Coast to bolster the CrossCountry fleet and enable service uplifts in due course.
The contract includes management of all planned (preventative) and unplanned (corrective) maintenance, all required overhaul activities, cleaning, and light maintenance services on the vehicles, vehicle servicing, service delivery support (including 24/7 telephone help line), vehicle cleaning (daily and periodic). It also covers depot management, shunting activities, obsolescence monitoring and management, and accident/vandalism repair.
Within the agreement, the CrossCountry train fleet will be installed with an Intelligent Engine Stop Start (IESS) system, which will drive a reduction in fuel usage, emissions, and operational costs. Additionally, the collaboration team will continue with other fuel savings measures to build on the weight reduction initiatives already undertaken, or underway, which will substantially reduce the emissions produced from the fleet.
The contract places a strong focus on robust fleet performance, with a collaboration team between Alstom, the asset owner and CrossCountry established to identify optimisation and improvement initiatives, as well as to ensure the quality of the passenger environment.
Owned by Beacon Rail, the Voyagers are running across the CrossCountry network, from Aberdeen, Scotland, to Penzance, England. The inter-city trains have been manufactured by Alstom and served passengers across England, Scotland and Wales for over two decades. Operating at speeds of up to 200 km/hour, they have clocked up over 414 million miles of service.
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