Met Office says UK will see as much as 20 to 40cm of snow over hills, accompanied by strong windsStorm Bert has begun to make an impact in the UK with snow closing roads and strong rains and winds expected to cause further travel disruption and potential flooding.Here are some of the travel disruptions reported so far by the PA news agency:In Scotland, there will be speed restrictions on the West Highland Line, Highland Mainline, Stranraer line, Glasgow South western Line, Far North Line, and West Coast Mainline between Carstairs and the border.ScotRail has withdrawn services from Inverness to Elgin, Aberdeen to Inverurie, and Glasgow Queen Street to Oban while trains from Glasgow Central to Carlisle will terminate at Dumfries.
South Western Rail (SWR) asked passengers to only travel west of Basingstoke if their journeys are essential.SWR announced services between Exeter and London Waterloo will start and finish at Basingstoke, that journey times will be longer between Salisbury and Exeter and between Bournemouth and Weymouth due to speed restrictions, and services across its network will start later than usual on Sunday and Monday because of safety inspections.TransPennine Express “strongly” urged customers not to travel north of Carlisle on Saturday while Avanti West Coast advised passengers not to travel north of Preston – including Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.National Highways issued a “severe weather alert” for snow affecting Yorkshire and north-east England between 5am and 3pm on Saturday.In Yorkshire, the A628 remained closed overnight in both directions between the A616 Hollingworth and the A57 Flouch due to snow, National Highways announced.The A66 Trans-Pennine route was closed between the A6 and the M6 (J40).“Whilst we are not anticipating disruption at this time … we will continue to keep a close eye on the situation, as Storm Bert moves in.” Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-11-23 09:08:42
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Storm Bert live: Met Office warns of ‘multiple hazard event’ with snow, ice and flood warnings for UK
