The travel chaos for the Easter holidays awaits with interruptions scheduled on trains, flights and roads

Many schools through the United Kingdom finish for the Easter Holidays on Friday 4 AprilWith most of the planning holidays until Easter Monday, April 21st. During those 18 days, there will be serious delays on some roads and highways.

The key rail connections intercepted will be interrupted by expected Network rail Engineering works, in particular during Easter. Airlines warn more delayed flights in a quarter of a century, since the air traffic control centers struggle with the lack of staff. And the passengers of ferries can meet late – returning from France.

These are the key points key for Easter travelers.

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THE Rac It provides that 21 million “escape trips” will be made in the next weekend, in addition to normal traffic. The worst delays are scheduled for Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April.

Based on the previous experience, The Independent The heaviest traffic on four key arteries is expected:

Rac Alice Simpson’s breaking spokesman urged motorists to ensure that their vehicles are in good condition. He said: “With a huge 21 million trips expected this weekend, it is more than likely that the roads for the destinations of the popular holidays will see their right share of traffic. They are not only tiring to bear, but significantly increase the fuel consumption.

“In the worst scenario, driving the clutch in the stop-star trafficking can increase the wear of its components and bring to premature failures. Furthermore, in slow traffic, the air flow in the engine compartment is reduced and can cause overheating problems, especially in older vehicles or those with incorrect cooling fans.”

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Passengers throughout Great Britain face interruptions during the Easter weekend due to network railway engineering projects that close the key lines.

The main line of the western coast is closed to London Euston From Saturday 19 to Monday 21 April. Even on Good Friday, the forward coast service forward connects London Euston with the West Midlands, north -western England, North Wales and Southern Scotland, will be reduced.

Network Rail says: “The renewals of airlines, switches and crossings and drainage works to improve reliability, means that the services between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central will be interrupted”. The buses will connect Bedford – served by ThamesLink e Railway East Midlands – With Milton Keynes Central, from where reduced services will take place.

Further north on the main line of the West Coast, nothing will go to Carlisle in Scotland due to the works of replacement of the tracks from Saturday to Monday. THE Caledonian Sleeper will be reinceppa through the main line of the eastern coast to and from London King’s Cross,

HS2 – the controversial, delayed and reduced line intended to connect London with Birmingham – is causing The closure of the Chilter railway line between London MaryLebone and Aylesbury. A bridge is installed between Great Misisnden and Aylesbury.

London PaddingtonHub for the Great Western Network, will also see a clear reduction in the capacity with two of the four lines that run to the west to the reading closed during the Easter weekend.

THE Heathrow Express It will be reduced from every 15 minutes by means now.

Travels to and from London Paddington should take more time due to congestion.

Elsewhere, half of London Victoria The station that serves South destinations -eastern throughout the Kent will be closed throughout the Easter weekend. While some passengers will be able to use other London terminals, The key connection from Canterbury to RamsgateServe the Christmas holidays of Margate and Broadstairs, he is closing with the bus replacement services.

Through East Sussex, the resorts of Eastbourne, Bexhill and Hastings will have their train service replaced by bus.

Passengers who head to the other half of Victoria a Gatwick Airport and brighton They will find reduced services due to the work on the clapam junction line.

Stansted AirportLink Croscountry to and from Cambridge will close from Good Friday to Easter on Monday, but the Stansted Express The line for London Liverpool Street should work normally.

Holy Week, Easter accumulation, will see No train from Southampton to Farham or Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff BayFrom Monday 14 to Friday 18 April.

Air

The summer hours come into force this week, with over 70 new routes launched before Easter to and from the United Kingdom.

But with the air traffic control centers throughout Europe still chronically short of staff, Vacationers face the worst interruption caused by congestion in heaven in a quarter of a century.

Ryanair He says that 36.2 million of his passengers have been affected by restrictions on air traffic control in the last year, with over 200,000 late flights. Travelers to and from France and Spain are the worst affected.

Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-Klm, said last week: “The lack of air traffic controllers (in France) is 20-25 %, which means that many of our flights will be delayed and we already know”.

Luton Airportwho saw the expansion this week with the launch of Jet2It will have no trains from London in the next two weekends-5-6 and 12-13 April-the cause of engineering work.

Ferry

In previous years, having to be the scene of serious delays at the beginning of the Easter holidays, while the coaches converge on the main port of the united kingdom ferries. Passport checks for France are conducted in the port before the travelers of travelers.

P&O ferriesThat connects to having to have to Calais, has introduced a new information system for school groups that “eliminates the need for wide checks to have to, guaranteeing more fluid trips for school coaches while preparing to navigate in France”.

The inability of the European Union to introduce the Entry output scheme As expected in 2024, it means that travel should be more fluid, without necessity that the occupants of the vehicles are imprints or photographed.

The biggest problem faced by motorists could be the return from Dunkirk and Calais to Desser.

Congestion can be triggered by foreign visitors in the United Kingdom not aware that, from April 2, they will need a Electronic travel authorization (ETA) permission to visit. They will be able to request one on the spot, but this can increase congestion to control of the borders of the United Kingdom, which is carried out in the French ports.