Easter break blighted by road, rail & flight chaos
By PADRAIC FLANAGAN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Published: 23:09, 19 April 2025 | Updated: 23:14, 19 April 2025
Easter[1] travellers faced road and rail misery yesterd…
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Good Friday travel LIVE UK traffic updates as Easter bank holiday weekend begins
Drivers and passengers are being urged to plan ahead of their journeys as the Easter weekend gets underway.
Millions of people are expected to hit the road across the UK over the next four days, while several rail journeys are also likely to be congest…
Easter travel: Millions get away for bank holiday weekend
Millions of people are on the move this Easter bank holiday weekend amid warnings there could be disruption due to rail engineering works, an airport strike and heavy traffic.More than 300 maintenance projects will be carried out by Network Rail – incl…
Rail passengers face Easter disruption on west coast mainline
Glasgow Central railway station. Replacement buses will run over the weekend from Carlisle to Glasgow. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Train passengers face disruption on Britain’s biggest intercity line over the next four days, with a later E…
Live: M5 blocked near Cheltenham after crash
Drivers on the M5 are facing delays near Gloucester this evening as a crash has left the motorway partly blocked, according to traffic reports.
Traffic monitoring site Inrix reported at 7.30pm: “M5 northbound partially blocked, long delays due to accid…
AA’s warning to drivers as millions will travel over Easter
The AA said Easter weekend being three weeks later than in 2024 will “bump up bank holiday traffic by 15 per cent” as many people hope for warmer weather this year.
It advised motorists to prepare for congestion around town and city centres, retail par…
LIVE: M5 crash sparks lane closure
A lane of the southbound M5 has been shut in Somerset and Devon following a crash this morning (April 12). Reports of the collision from junction 26 near Wellington to junction 27 near Tiverton, came in at around 6:50am.
Roads and traffic monitoring we…
The UK’s worst Easter traffic hotspots revealed as AA warns drivers
Drivers could face some of the longest queues of the year this Easter[1] with almost 20 million people expected to hit the road on Good Friday alone.The AA said Easter weekend being three weeks later than in 2024 will “bump up bank holiday traffic by 1…
Easter traffic warning issued as long queues expected
The AA said Easter weekend being three weeks later than in 2024 will “bump up bank holiday traffic by 15%” as many people hope for warmer weather this year.
It advised motorists to prepare for congestion around town and city centres, retail parks and m…
LIVE: M5 motorcyclist seriously injured as crash shuts busy junction
A road leading off a major South West motorway was closed after a collision on Sunday evening, in which a motorcyclist suffered ‘life-changing’ injuries.
The southbound exit of the M5 to Yate and Thornbury was partially closed for over six hours while …