UK travel news: Millions passengers face disruption amid heavy floods
Millions of travellers are expected to travel for Christmas today
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Your support makes all the difference.For the next two weeks, millions of rail passengers will find journeys across Britain difficult. They will be hit by a combination of Network Rail engineering work, strikes and nature.
UK airports will also be busy over the festive period, with millions of passengers expected to pass through on midwinter trips.
An incident at junction 13, near Egham, on the M25 has closed one lane of an exit slip road.
Highways England advises motorists "approach with caution".
A reminder from Network Rail that Paddington station is shut from today until Friday 27 December inclusive.
Work is being done to track and overhead lines in the Southall area.
The 8am LNER service from London King's Cross to Edinburgh has been terminated at Newcastle due to animals on the line.
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More short-haul flights than ever are operating from UK airports on 25 December, with Eurowings from Heathrow to Cologne the cheapest deal at just £40 one way.
Wizz Air is running a near-normal service to and from Luton airport to destinations across eastern Europe – at good fares, too. Either of the two evening flights to Budapest are yours for £63 one way.
Information for customers travelling on West Midlands Railway via Birmingham Snow Hill:
There are now no trains between Westbury and Swindon until the end of the day, due to a staff shortage.
Due to the strikes in France, Eurostar is running a reduced timetable until 31 December.
Customers using the cross-Channel train service should check with Eurostar before beginning their journey.
Lines have now reopened following a fault with the signalling system between Hitchin and Royston. Trains between Hitchin and Cambridge may still be cancelled or delayed by up to 20 minutes as normal service resumes, according to National Rail. Disruption is expected to continue until 2pm.
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