Tube strike and limited service could cause chaos for those heading to airports.
People heading away on Christmas breaks over the festive weekend could find themselves facing chaos if they try to negotiate London via public transport, especially on Christmas day and boxing day.
Over this period, it is traditionally difficult to travel on mainline services in the capital, as they travel mainly to the airports to help those looking to jet away for the festive cold period on boxing day, with no mainline trains at all operating on Christmas day itself.
However, this year, those looking to travel overseas, or back from holidays abroad, could find themselves facing further difficulties, with a 24 hour strike coming into effect on boxing day and cancelling many tube trains throughout the city.
Network Rail has defended the industrial action by saying that these days will be the best for strikes because they see fewer people travelling throughout the city than on any other day of the year. This will be no compensation to those who have to face major disruption whilst trying to travel however, with many travel insurance customers still expecting to jet off even over the Christmas weekend.
A spokesman for Network Rail said to the Telegraph: "There will be fewer closures this year. Where possible we are maintaining single line running while work takes place on adjacent tracks. We have also made arrangements in some areas for trains to loop around the works."
The fact that trains will stop at around 5PM on Christmas eve will leave those late Christmas flyers jetting off on ski holidays or to the beach in severe difficulties. ABTA announced earlier this week that it expected to see some 4.25 million Brits leaving the country this year on winter breaks.
By Robin Western
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