Brace for Easter getaway chaos: Millions of journeys planned, rail engineering works and French strikes threaten to disrupt holiday plans
With millions of trips predicted between Good Friday and Easter Monday, motorists are set to be hit bycongestion, with the worst expected in major roads in the South West and some of the Home Counties.
Works will also stop services through Carstairs Junction to and from Edinburgh Waverley or Glasgow Central on the West Coast Main Line, while the line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway will stay shut. "We've contacted affected customers to inform them of their rights and offer them options including a full refund or rebooking onto an alternative flight."Brits warned of Easter Bank Holiday travel chaos as ‘significant’ contingency plans put in place after Dover delays
A police spokesperson said: "[People] are getting out of taxis and cars and trying to get to the terminals on foot."
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