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CrossCountry cancels UK services after power cut
The operator said 240 daily services were affected, with only the Peterborough-Cambridge-Stansted Airport route running near normally.
A power cut at the Birmingham city centre control centre on Sunday disrupted CrossCountry rail services, causing widespread cancellations across the network.
The outage began Saturday, crippling systems required to safely manage long-distance rail operations and forcing the operator to withdraw most services until further notice.
CrossCountry expects near-normal service between Peterborough, Cambridge, and Stansted Airport, the only line operating as scheduled, while more than 100 stations face disruptions.
Passengers delayed by 30 minutes or more can claim Delay Repay compensation, while CrossCountry tickets are accepted by other operators during the disruption.
This marks the second power failure disrupting rail services this month; an earlier outage in Manchester halted trains across the Midlands and North England.