Storm Goretti is impacting CrossCountry services today 

Route(s) affected

Across the CrossCountry network

Description

The Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and strong winds which cover the CrossCountry network. These will be in place until the end of the day.

Storm Goretti brought ice, strong winds and snow to parts of England and Wales. The amber weather warning has now ended, however, the severe weather will continue throughout today.

You are strongly advised to check your journey in full on either of the affected days, and check our Status and Disruptions page if your journey involves travel with other train operators.

Customer advice:

CrossCountry advise to postpone your journey on Friday and to check your full journey before travelling to ensure that your train(s) are running. Tickets dated for Thursday 8 January, and today, Friday 9 January can be used at any time between now and Monday 12 January.

There is no road transport operating in replacement of any cancelled trains due to the current road conditions so you cannot travel where there are no trains running.

The following routes will not have a CrossCountry service running today:

• Newcastle / Leeds - Reading direct services (other CrossCountry services are available in this area)

• Manchester - Bristol Temple Meads direct services (other CrossCountry services are available between Birmingham and Bristol Temple Meads)

• Between Nottingham and Birmingham New Street / Cardiff Central (other CrossCountry are services available between Derby and Cheltenham Spa)

• Between Plymouth and Penzance

• Willington and Wilncote stations

The following routes will not have a CrossCountry service running until at least 17:00 today:

• Between Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly

A reduced frequency service will operate on the following routes:

• Between Plymouth and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh / Aberdeen - an hourly service is in operation and trains will be amended to call at Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent

• Between Birmingham New Street and Leicester - an hourly service is in operation

• Between Leicester and Cambridge / Stansted Airport - a bi-hourly service is in operation

• Between Birmingham New Street and Reading / Bournemouth - an hourly service is in operation

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.