19 h. ago Easter travel LIVE: Millions face Friday getaway delays as Dover queues hit 90 minutes and flood warnings issued

More than 300 engineering projects will be carried out by Network Rail across Britain between Good Friday and Easter Monday

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22 h. ago Easter travel LIVE: Millions expected to face Friday getaway chaos amid rail works, strikes and flooding

More than 300 engineering projects will be carried out by Network Rail across Britain between Good Friday and Easter Monday

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29 h. ago Easter getaway disruption expected on railways, roads and at Gatwick

More than 300 engineering projects will be carried out by Network Rail across Britain between Good Friday and Easter Monday.

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38 h. ago Traffic news live: Easter travellers warned of train chaos and airport strikes with 19 million to hit UK roads

AA estimates 19 million to drive on Good Friday, followed by 18 million on Saturday

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42 h. ago Traffic news live: Easter travel disruption warning with hundreds of train closures planned

‘Potentially disruptive’ rain forecast as millions set off on Easter getaways

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43 h. ago London travel disruption over the 2025 Easter Bank Holiday weekend: full list of tube and train closures for April 18

London travel disruption over the 2025 Easter Bank Holiday weekend: full list of tube and train closures for April 18-21  Time Out

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43 h. ago Easter travel chaos warning as millions of Brits face delays on trains, flights and major roads

Travel misery could sweep the UK this Easter weekend as train services grind to a halt over major engineering works, while strike action is set to cause delays at one of the nation's busiest airports

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43 h. ago Train passengers warned to expect severe delays as Network Rail begins Easter engineering work

The Government-owned company said it will carry out work on more than 300 projects this weekend

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47 h. ago Easter train journeys to be disrupted by more than 300 engineering projects

The most significant impact will be at London Euston, the UK’s 10th busiest railway station.

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3 d. ago Tube journeys disrupted as East London station platform to be closed from May to August

Tube journeys disrupted as East London station platform to be closed from May to August  Yahoo News UK

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4 d. ago Euston closures: Major London train station will shut over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend

Euston closures: Major London train station will shut over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend  Time Out

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4 d. ago London tube and train closures this week: full list of travel disruption for Easter holidays April 14

London tube and train closures this week: full list of travel disruption for Easter holidays April 14-18  Time Out

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2 w. ago EasyJet flight attendants in European country to walk out next week

EasyJet flight attendents are due to walk out next week as part of industrial action, which could cause a 'ripple-effect' of disrupted air journeys according to an expert

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3 w. ago Heathrow airport shutdown disrupted 270,000 air passenger journeys

Some 234,000 passengers booked to fly to or from Heathrow on Friday had their flight cancelled, diverted or delayed

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

Thomas Woldbye says most other airports operate similar back-up power systems to Heathrow, as Ed Miliband announces investigationThe chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers.It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption, while the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has now ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the outage. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Colossal failure’: what the papers say about the Heathrow airport shutdown

Chaos at Europe’s busiest airport caused by a substation fire dominates UK front pages on SaturdayThe closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation dominates the front pages of British newspapers on Saturday, with more than 1,350 flights cancelled and journeys disrupted for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The Guardian splashes with “Chaos and anger as fire shuts Heathrow airport”, above a picture of anxious travellers, and an article that focuses on Downing Street’s reaction: that there are “questions to answer” as to how a power failure could cause such disruption. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Heathrow partially reopens after fire that caused power cut and travel chaos

Airport expects to be fully operational on Saturday, but airlines say closure will have ‘huge impact’ in coming daysDowning Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping more than 1,350 flights and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of passengers.Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as engineers tried to restore power, but said there was “no indication of foul play”. Continue reading...

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