- Passengers stranded outside Manchester Airport due to baggage problems
Bank holiday travelers looking to get away this weekend have been faced with long queues and travel delays as ‘French Friday’ begins.
Photos show holidaymakers facing a long wait to get into Manchester Airport today with a queue snaking all the way to the car park.
Passengers were left stranded outside Terminal 1 following reports of baggage problems at the airport.
It comes as 16 million people in the UK were also expected to hit the road today for their long weekends, according to the RAC.
Motorists were stuck in long delays on the M4 and the A102(M) Blackwall Tunnel in Greenwich, south-east London, was also crippled.
Photos show holidaymakers facing a long wait to get into Manchester Airport today with a queue snaking all the way to the car park.
Motorists were stuck in long delays as 16 million Britons hit the road for their weekend getaways.
Rail passengers at London King’s Cross station today as the bank holiday getaway begins
Traffic is expected to peak tomorrow at 3.3 million journeys, according to a study by the RAC and transport analysis company Inrix.
An additional 2.3 million and 2.6 million trips are planned for Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday respectively, while a further 5.6 million are expected to be made at some point over the weekend by drivers who are still deciding which day to travel.
Parts of the North West, East Anglia and the South West are likely to be hardest hit by traffic returning home on Monday. And those who wanted to avoid the worst traffic jams were urged to travel before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m. throughout the public holiday period.
Train stations were also packed with passengers this afternoon, with London’s Kings Cross station particularly busy.
It comes as train passengers have been urged to prepare for serious disruption this weekend and next week as ongoing engineering work coincides with industrial action.
Network Rail said it had 487 projects planned between Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday.
No trains will run between London Euston and Milton Keynes, or between Glasgow and England, on Sunday due to engineering works on the West Coast Main Line.
Train drivers who are members of the Aslef union are expected to impose a six-day ban on overtime on Monday, which is expected to lead to cancellations in the short term.
Traffic on the approach to the A102(M) Blackwall Tunnel in Greenwich, south east London, today
There will also be three one-day strikes at different operators between May 7 and 9.
The early May bank holiday weekend has already been marred by heavy rain, with the Met Office warning there would be showers throughout the day.
Forecasters said conditions this weekend would remain mixed, with most parts of the UK likely to see some rain.
However, temperatures will remain quite warm, in the mid to late teens, with highs of 18°C (64°F) in the south and 16°C (61°F) in the north.
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