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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

How to avoid travel chaos on road and rail this Christmas and New Year

Christmas every day: Escape Lounge at London Stansted Airport - (Simon Calder)

Amber warnings for traffic gridlock, threatened strikes and the traditional rail engineering work interrupting major train links: it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The festive season this winter will be busier than ever, with record numbers of travellers predicted at London Heathrow and many other airports, as well as on Britain’s motorways.

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