Overview

• RAC forecasts around 17.6 million leisure car trips from Friday to Monday, with the heaviest traffic expected on Friday and Saturday.
• Inrix highlights the M5 between Bristol and Devon (J15–J23) for the worst delays, with further hold-ups likely on the M20 in Kent and pressure points on the M6.
• CrossCountry will run no trains on Saturday, expects widespread cancellations on Sunday, and offers a very limited service on Monday from 8am to 6pm, with key routes such as Birmingham–Reading–South Coast and Leicester–Cambridge–Stansted suspended.
• Network Rail’s 261 engineering projects include a Sunday shutdown for long‑distance services between London King’s Cross and Peterborough, while Avanti West Coast and other operators run reduced or diverted services.
• DFDS reported Port of Dover waits of about 1 hour 15 minutes at border control and 40 minutes at check‑in, and National Express has added roughly 9,000 coach seats to absorb displaced rail passengers.