Christmas Travel Disruption as Motorways Close and Rail Travellers Face Delays

Published on December 22, 2023

Christmas getaway disruption is continuing with long queues for cross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations. The Port of Dover in Kent said it is taking 90 minutes to process cars with pre-booked tickets. It attributed the delay to a surge in demand for ferries after the Channel Tunnel rail link was closed on Thursday due to unscheduled industrial action by French workers, which ruined the travel plans of tens of thousands of people. Eurostar, which operates passenger services to and from London St Pancras, said it will operate two extra services per day between London and Paris up to and including Christmas Eve to help people whose trains were cancelled on Thursday....

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