Industrial action to impact CrossCountry services from Sunday 21 September 

Route(s) affected

All CrossCountry routes

Description

Industrial action by the ASLEF union will impact CrossCountry services from Sunday 21 September.

'Action short of a strike' will lead to short notice cancellations and alterations to services, with full industrial action planned to take place on Friday 3 October.

CrossCountry are assessing the impact on their level of service on this day. We will update this page with further information once it is known.

You can also use CrossCountry's Industrial Action page which includes FAQs.

Ticketing and refunds:

If your train is cancelled, rescheduled, or significantly disrupted after you’ve bought your ticket and you decide not to travel, you are entitled to a full refund where no admin fee will be charged. Refunds must be requested from your original retailer.

Check before you travel:

If you are travelling on dates from Sunday 21 September onwards, you can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner. Please continue to check back closer to the time of travel as short notice cancellations and alterations to services are possible.

This is with the exception of on Friday 3 October. For any journeys on Friday 3 October, the impact to service is not yet known. Please check back later.