According to various sources, today will be the busiest day on the UK’s road network with people shopping and travelling for Christmas Eve.
Luckily the forecasters for the majority of the country shows little snow falling, although there is likely to be some snow fall in North East England and parts of Northern Scotland. Ice however remains a problem with many more minor roads not gritted.
To try to help with the numbers of cars, the Highways Agency have removed 98% of roadworks from major roads until the 4th January 2011 which should keep more lanes clear especially on motorways.
Away from the roads, flights and trains seem to be running relatively normally according to the BBC which reports:
Airports:
- Flights at Gatwick and London City are said to be “back to normal”.
- Heathrow is expecting to operate 1,206 flights, almost a full schedule, but the backlog of stranded passengers means people should still check with the Heathrow web site for flight confirmations.
Railways:
- Some services on the East Coast and West Coast main lines have been cancelled. See network rail web site for more details. Most of the earlier disruption on the East Coast has been sorted with powerline failures and signalling problems.
- Some First Great Western London to Cardiff services are not running.
- ScotRail is running a reduced service and First Capital Connect has an amended timetable for its London suburban services.
- Northern Rail has cancelled 30 trains.
- Industrial action scheduled for Thursday on London Midland trains has been cancelled, but special timetables are in place.
More Resources:
Traffic England – English road network delays
Traffic Scotland – Scottish road network delays
Traffic Wales – Welsh traffic delays
Hotels around the UK
Self-catering in the UK
Visitor attractions in the UK
