Hundreds of thousands of travellers were unable to complete their journeys around the UK at the weekend due to severe disruption caused by Storm Bert.
Key rail links were closed and around 400 flights serving UK airports were either cancelled or diverted on Sunday.
The damage caused by the low-pressure system is continuing to cause major problems on the transport network, with rail passengers particularly hard hit.
These are the leading areas of disruption:
Rail
The Great Western Railway linking South Wales and the West of England with London Paddington is severely disrupted, with the train operator urging passengers not to travel on all the key intercity routes.
GWR says train services linking London Paddington with Bristol (Temple Meads and Parkway), Cardiff, Swansea, Cheltenham, and Penzance via Exeter St Davids and Plymouth are currently cancelled due to flooding and landslips. Rail replacement buses are unlikely to be running.
Tickets for Monday will be accepted by GWR on Tuesday, including on peak services.
South of London, Southern has cancelled a large number of trains because of expected severe weather during the morning.
On the West Coast main line, Northampton station is completely closed and London Northwestern Railway warns of severe disruption – one of its key depots is blocked. The train firm warns: “There is no access to Northampton station. Roads around the station are blocked.”
Transport for Wales is warning that the line between Hereford and Abergavenny is closed due to a landslip until this afternoon. “Rail replacement transport is unable to run due to local roads being closed,” the organisation says. Valley lines north of Cardiff are also heavily disrupted.
In Lancashire and Cumbria, the line from Lancaster to Barrow in Furness will remain closed until Friday at the earliest due to flooding in the Ulverston area.
Airline passengers trying to travel by train between London and Stansted airport are being warned no services will run before 2pm on Monday at the earliest. National Rail says: “Owing to multiple fallen trees damaging electrical overhead wires between Broxbourne and Audley End, train services between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport are subject to severe delays, alterations and cancellations.”
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