Christmas rail chaos looms as second train operator announces cancellations South Western Railway said trains between London and the south coast will be cut back, following an earlier announcement from GWR Christmas chaos looms for rail passengers as a second train operator has announced a series of cancellations, blaming Covid-related staff shortages. South Western Railway has already said trains between London and the South coast would be cut back over the next week, including for the first day of the Christmas travel bubble period (December 23), due to rail workers coming down with coronav...