Winter weather travel advice for rail passengers in Yorkshire and North East

Monday 18 Nov 2024

Winter weather travel advice for rail passengers in Yorkshire and North East

Region & Route:: Eastern; | Eastern: North & East; | Eastern: East Coast

Rail passengers are being urged to plan ahead with their journeys following a yellow weather warning for snow and ice from the Met Office in Yorkshire and the North East.

Travel disruption is possible from this evening (Monday 18 November) and overnight into Tuesday morning, however the challenging conditions including snow, ice and freezing rain will last all week.

Network Rail’s teams are on standby to de-ice key junctions, deploy locomotives with mini snow ploughs where necessary, and carry out other proactive measures to keep services running.

Northern and LNER have made changes to their services already.

Passengers are being advised to check National Rail Enquiries before they travel or with their train operator.

Karen Duffy, operations director for Network Rail’s north and east route said: “The snow and ice predicted overnight may mean that some services will be disrupted.

“Our teams will be monitoring conditions and engineers are on standby ready to respond if necessary. We are urging all passengers to check their journeys before they set off for home this evening.”

Notes to Editors

Here is the latest LNER information: https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-now/travel-alerts/

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