Thousands of trains, hundreds of flights and dozens of ferries have been cancelled ahead of Storm Eowyn.
The Met Office has issued an upgraded red warning, predicting extremely high winds gusting to 100mph.
On what would normally be the busiest travel day of the week, millions of people are finding their planned journeys for Friday scuppered by the latest round of extreme weather.
ScotRail has cancelled all its 2,400-plus trains for Friday, and several English train operators have made widespread cancellations.
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In the skies, many flights to, from and within the UK have been grounded – with British Airways alone cancelling around 100 domestic and Irish links on Thursday and Friday.
Ferries across the Irish Sea will stay in port, as will many Western Isles vessels.
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All ScotRail services for Friday have been cancelled. No alternative transport is available. The operator said: “Once the warnings pass, the network will have to undergo safety inspections before services can be reintroduced. Please check the ScotRail website or app before travelling on Saturday morning.” Tickets for travel dated 24 January can be used up to and including Tuesday, 28 January.
In England, Network Rail has closed the West Coast main line north of Preston and the East Coast main line north of Newcastle.
Northern Trains has issued a Do Not Travel warning covering all services in Cumbria, Blackpool North to York, Wigan to Leeds, Manchester Victoria to Leeds via Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield to Sheffield, Leeds-Nottingham and the new Northumberland line from Newcastle to Ashington
TransPennine Express has already urged passengers not to attempt to travel from northern England to Scotland on Friday. It is now telling passengers: “We are advising customers to avoid travelling, unless absolutely essential, between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York. Services which we are able to operate across the rest of the TransPennine Express network will run to an amended timetable and may be subject to significant disruption with short notice delays, alterations and cancellations all possible.”
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