Bank Holiday travellers face road and rail misery
Travellers face the prospect of busy roads and severely-disrupted train journeys this bank holiday weekend, it was revealed today.
There are dozens of planned engineering works on the railways, with buses replacing trains on a number of lines including a section of the busy West Coast Main Line.
Age Concern warned that the rail disruption could lead to "motorway misery", while the AA said road journey times on Friday could increase by 50 per cent.
The worst day on the railways is likely to be Sunday when there are 38 separate engineering work projects taking place.
Passengers on the West Coast Main Line, where a £9 billion upgrade was completed last December, will have to travel on buses between Milton Keynes Central in Buckinghamshire and Birmingham International station.
Among companies having to run buses instead of trains on Sunday - and at other times over the bank holiday weekend - are South West Trains, Arriva Trains Wales, First Capital Connect, Northern Rail and the Southern train company.
"Planned engineering work on the rail network could mean motorway misery for travellers over the long weekend," said Age Concern Insurance Services, whose spokesman Joe Young warned about the threat of breakdowns.
