Train disruption planned on day of Preston North End's away trip to Oxford United
PNE’s next Championship away game is at Oxford United
CrossCountry train services are affected on the day of Preston North End’s away trip to Oxford United.
The Lilywhites are in action at the Kassam Stadium for a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday, 13 December. There are three trains leaving from Preston which get supporters into Oxford in time for kick-off - four if you include the service arriving at 12:14pm.
All of those trains include changes around the Midlands and go through Birmingham. Due to industrial action by the RMT union, ‘significant disruption to services’ has been planned for all four Saturdays in December.
Birmingham to Reading has been included in the ‘limited service section’ on CrossCountry’s website. The company says it will, ‘continue to assess the impact on our services and will provide updates on what this will mean for passengers when available’.
Their article goes on to read: ‘Our teams are working hard to operate as many services as possible and hope to extend some services beyond the above. This website will continue to be updated with the latest information.
‘Some calling patterns will be different as a result to passengers should plan their journeys carefully before travelling. Online journey planners are now up-to-date and showing correctly.
‘Other operators' services are unaffected by this Industrial Action. We strongly recommend you check your entire journey before travelling with National Rail Enquiries or our Service Updates page.’
Match tickets went on sale on November 20, and full ticket prices can be found on the PNE website. Coaches will leave Deepdale at 7am with Ambassadors paying £30 and non-Ambassadors paying £32. U18s must be accompanied by someone aged 18 or above while travelling.
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