Southern Railway has announced it will be running no trains to or from London Victoria until 10 January due to 'coronavirus isolation and sickness'
Many other operators in addition to Southern have cancelled trains due to the impact of the pandemic.
They include Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, London North Eastern Railway, Northern, ScotRail, South Western Railway , TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales.CrossCountry has urged customers to avoid travelling on New Year's Eve as a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union means it will run"a very limited timetable".
The firm will not operate any trains between these locations: Aberdeen and Edinburgh; Glasgow Central and Edinburgh; Derby and Nottingham; Peterborough and Stansted; Cheltenham Spa and Cardiff Central; Newton Abbot and Paignton; and Plymouth and Penzance. A"heavily reduced service" will be in place between Edinburgh and Plymouth; Manchester Piccadilly and Bournemouth; and Birmingham New Street and Peterborough.SWR said it was suffering a shortage of staff"across our business" such as drivers, guards, engineers and controllers.It is set to introduce a reduced timetable from 17 January in an attempt to improve reliability.
"As they demonstrated last year in the height of the pandemic, our people are dedicated to keeping the country moving so that other key workers can get to where they need to be."We would advise anyone travelling to check online before they set out on their journey or to sign up for automatic alerts from National Rail Alert Me."
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