Bad weather disrupts rail, air and ferry services
Train services continue to be disrupted following severe weather conditions which claimed at least 10 lives across the UK yesterday.
Birmingham airport managing director Richard Heard died after a branch fell on his car in Shropshire while on his way to work.
The port of Dover was shut, Isle of Wight ferries cancelled and domestic and short haul flights from Heathrow restricted in the worst storms to hit the UK in 17 years.
GNER will operate a revised and reduced timetable today (Friday) as overnight work is completed to clear wind-strewn debris from the tracks and to fix damaged overhead power lines.
Initially GNER will run two trains an hour between London King’s Cross and Newcastle, and one train an hour to and from Edinburgh.
In West Yorkshire an hourly train shuttle service will run between Doncaster and Leeds, supplemented by extra services in the morning and evening peaks. In Scotland there will also be a revised GNER timetable, connecting with First ScotRail services.
It is hoped service frequencies will gradually improve during the day.
“We have been working hard to ensure that our trains and crews are in the right places to run as normal a service as possible. In the meantime, we apologise to passengers for what they had to endure today,” a spokesman said.
Report by Phil Davies
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