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CrossCountry cancels UK services after power cut
CrossCountry said many of its control systems are offline, with 1 route expected to run near normally and refunds and compensation available for delayed passengers.
- 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.
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Major train operator cancels all services after power outage sparks travel chaos
A major UK train operator has been forced to cancel services after a power outage has sparked travel chaos. A power failure at CrossCountry's control centre in Birmingham, which began on Saturday, has triggered mass cancellations across the operator's network stretching from Glasgow to Penzance. The outage has knocked out many of the systems required to run the railway, according to the train company, resulting in what it described as "significa…
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