CrossCountry passengers are being warned of significant disruption to its services due to industrial action by the RMT union on Saturday 23 and Monday 25 August.

The strike will see union members - including Train Managers and Senior Conductors – declining to work on both days. While some managers are available to help provide a limited service on Monday, this being a holiday weekend has reduced the number able to work on Saturday, meaning no services can operate.

Passengers are strongly advised not to travel on Saturday 23 August, and travel either side of the Bank Holiday weekend. A very limited service will operate on Monday 25 August between 0800 and 1800, and passengers are advised to check their journeys carefully before departing and expect all services to be busy. Specific journey details will be available on our website from early next week. However, there will be no CrossCountry service between Birmingham, Reading and the South Coast, and no service between Leicester, Cambridge and Stansted Airport. There will only be a very limited service to the South West and north of York.

On the Monday, planned engineering work in the West Midlands will also impact the CrossCountry services that do run, meaning some journeys will take longer.