Overview
- RMT customer‑service members will strike on four Saturdays in December: the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th.
- On 6 December a limited service will run between Birmingham and Manchester, Reading, Bristol and Derby, with a very limited Derby–Leeds–Edinburgh link.
- No CrossCountry trains will operate on 6 December on Bristol–Plymouth–Penzance, Bournemouth–Reading, Newton Abbot–Paignton, Edinburgh–Glasgow/Aberdeen, Derby–Nottingham, Birmingham–Leicester–Cambridge/Stansted Airport and Cheltenham Spa–Cardiff.
- Services that do run are expected to be busier, finish earlier and use revised calling patterns at stations including Stockport, Macclesfield, Wolverhampton, Birmingham International, Coventry, Oxford, Basingstoke, Worcestershire Parkway, Alnmouth, Morpeth, Durham and Wakefield Westgate.
- CrossCountry says it made a reasonable offer and will try to minimise disruption, while the RMT cites unresolved staffing shortages, pay issues and broken commitments; passengers are urged to check National Rail or CrossCountry for updates, expect longer journeys due to engineering work and note that Advance tickets for strike days have been paused.