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thousands of passengers are going Christmas facing migration travel chaos between long queues towards port of dover And Major trains canceled,
Ferry passengers have been advised to arrive “no later than two hours before their scheduled journey”, as delays were experienced en route to Kent Port on Sunday morning.
Around 30,000 cars are expected to go on outbound sailing during this period. festive period,
Maximum traffic at the port will be between 6 am to 1 pm P&O Ferrieswhich operates some sailings from the port, urged customers to allow extra time for their journey.
Doug Bannister, chief executive of the Port of Dover, said: “To help ensure smooth departures, we request all customers traveling with our ferry partners to arrive no later than two hours before their scheduled sailing, just like you would if you were departing from a UK airport, and appreciate everyone’s patience if there is any additional waiting time due to the high volume of traffic.”
Meanwhile, rail passengers planning to travel in cross country trains faced cancellations due to shortage of drivers.
The operator warned customers that services would be busier than usual.
Several services between Manchester and Birmingham were canceled on Sunday afternoon, with disruption expected until the end of the day.
It is expected that the roads will be quieter on Sunday than on Saturday, but motorists are still experiencing delays on the M25 clockwise from Junction 15 to Junction 19.
According to RAC research, a total of 3.5 million car journeys are expected on Sunday, but motorists planning trips at the last minute may face heavy traffic as 4.2 million journeys are predicted to take place. Christmas eve, making it the busiest day of the period.
Drivers are being warned that the worst hold-ups will be between 11am and 7pm on December 24.
RAC figures show it could be the busiest Christmas The holiday on record, totaling 37.5 million holiday trips between Wednesday and Christmas Eve – the most in the week before Christmas Day since the company began recording data in 2013.