Strike action means that no CrossCountry services will operate on Wednesday, 8 May.
Several other operators across the country will also be unable to run services due to the industrial action. These include Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains.
Moreover, although CrossCountry trains will operate on Thursday, 9 May, they are expected to be much more crowded than usual.
This is as a result of strike action by London North Eastern Railway, Northern and Transpennine Express on that day.
Customers are therefore being strongly urged to avoid making non-essential journeys on Thursday, 9 May, especially between Newcastle and Sheffield and between Manchester Piccadilly and Stoke-on-Trent.
There is likely to be significant disruption for people planning to travel
Steve Hopkinson, CrossCountry’s Service Delivery Director
In order to help customers affected by the disruption, CrossCountry have amended their ticket acceptance rules during this period.
Tickets for Wednesday, 7 May to Friday, 9 May will now be valid on any day from Monday, 6 May to Monday, 13 May, provided that they were purchased prior to Monday, 22 April.
As CrossCountry serve over 100 stations, with an operating area which spans from the south of England to the north of Scotland, the disruption to their services is likely to cause severe inconvenience across the nation.
Those intending to travel on CrossCountry services between Monday, 6 May and Saturday, 11 May are advised to check the full details about which services will operate by clicking here.
We’re sorry to customers impacted by this latest round of industrial action. While we’re working hard to run as many services as possible over these days, there is likely to be significant disruption for people planning to travel – especially on Thursday 9 May.
I’d ask those planning to travel to check their journey in advance, as well as on the day. Customers can visit the CrossCountry website or National Rail Enquiries for the latest travel information.
Steve Hopkinson, CrossCountry’s Customer Service Delivery Director
Responses
I expect that the drivers use these strike days as an extra opportunity to spend their huge wage packets.
Good to see a typical picture of a typical long distance voyager 4 car !! – awful service since the demise of the HST 8 carriages in comfort, rare you get two voyage sets coupled together for long distances.
CrossCountry trains should be a great rail operation , offering long distance journeys across Britain with minimal changes.Great for holidays?
CC seems to suffer from many cancellations, problems with rolling stock ( due to age) and now the ASLEF strike.
I was re ently in Italy, where rail strikes are not exactly uncommon, but rail workers there are obliged to run a minimum service during strikes.
Mick Whelan has recently been spouting forth, in his attempts to influence a possible income Labour Government to repeal the minimum service provisions we now have ( even tough they have not yet been invoked by an rail operator).
No doubt his members will be messing up CC for everyone this coming work.