CrossCountry trains cancels 'almost all' services as passengers face travel chaos

CrossCountry has cancelled 'almost all' train services on Sunday after a power cut at its control centre left passengers facing major disruption across the UK

The company, which runs trains all over Britain, said that 'services across almost all routes will be withdrawn until further notice' and warned of 'significant disruption'.

Customers say the disruption to virtually all UK CrossCountry services is the "worst case scenario".

CROSSCOUNTRY train services in Scotland have been cancelled after the operator was hit with a power cut at its control centre.

All CrossCountry routes have been withdrawn "until further notice".

Major train operator cancels all services after power outage sparks travel chaos  GB News

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