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CrossCountry Warns Customers of Significant Travel Disruption Due to Industrial Action
CrossCountry warns of major disruption with limited and no services on key UK routes during RMT strike, urging passengers to plan carefully for 18 October travel.
- On Saturday 18 October, CrossCountry warned customers of significant travel disruption due to planned industrial action by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers.
- Staff walkouts and engineering work together as RMT union members in customer service roles decline to work while planned engineering work over the weekend further affects CrossCountry services.
- Very limited CrossCountry services will include Birmingham to Manchester, Bristol, Leeds/York and Reading, while there will be no service on Birmingham to Leicester and Cambridge/Stansted Airport routes.
- Passengers face busier trains and earlier finish times on October 18, 2025, so they should check National Rail Enquiries or the CrossCountry website for calling pattern changes.
- The RMT has also scheduled action for Saturday 1 November as CrossCountry, based in Birmingham, operates 240 services a week connecting seven of Britain’s largest 10 cities.
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RMT strike: CrossCountry warns passengers of significant disruption to services due to planned industrial action - trains to be cancelled, full list affected routes
CrossCountry customers are being warned of significant travel disruption due to planned industrial action by the RMT union on Saturday 18 October.
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