Train passengers attempting to come home for Christmas on a reduced service made capital connect be after three operators are set rail including first, reduce their schedules a quarter were expected.
First capital connect, Chiltern and Merseyrail cutting up to 25% of their services on Thursday and probably same schedule for Christmas were reduced.
Cancelled were expected over the rest of the network after 10 operators ran a special or modified schedule.
Association of train operating companies (atoc) a reduced schedule is designed to ensure said scheduled services on time could run.
A spokeswoman said many of the changes that were only "tweaks" schedule while many of the services were affected by the reduced schedule commuter lines that were not expected to be too busy.
But, Anthony Smith, Chief Executive of passenger focus, warned people packed trains as millions of Britons travelled to expect home for Christmas.
He told the Telegraph: "passengers should make sure that you do to avoid the risk of having a seat reservation represents your entire trip or be rotated away how cars will be full."
ATOC said a limited service meant that operators more likely to meet your schedule. A spokeswoman said: "the vast majority of services that would normally run on a Thursday ran, and four out of five trains arrived on time."
"A handful of operators ran a reduction of service to improve reliability for passengers."
"We need to see, as morning we expect pans out, but at the moment services at a similar level run." "We passengers understand frustration when it error and apologies to everyone in it caught."
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