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Roads, rail and ferry journeys in Kent hit by weather | |
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Part of the M20 motorway in Kent has been closed as routes to continental Europe are badly affected by weather. | Part of the M20 motorway in Kent has been closed as routes to continental Europe are badly affected by weather. |
Operation Stack - which sees lorries park up on the motorway while waiting to get into the Port of Dover - has been put in place. | Operation Stack - which sees lorries park up on the motorway while waiting to get into the Port of Dover - has been put in place. |
Snow and ice in France and Belgium has caused delays to freight and passenger services through the Channel Tunnel. | Snow and ice in France and Belgium has caused delays to freight and passenger services through the Channel Tunnel. |
Ferry services are running a normal service after DFDS earlier reported delays of up to three hours. | |
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A Port of Dover spokesman said: "We're loading lorries on as fast we can." | |
Operation Stack closed the M20 southbound between junction eight (Leeds Castle) and junction nine (Ashford north). | |
Non-commercial traffic is being diverted on to the A20 and lorries are being sent back on to the motorway to be parked. | Non-commercial traffic is being diverted on to the A20 and lorries are being sent back on to the motorway to be parked. |
The A20 itself was closed in Dover for a while because of a crash involving four lorries. | The A20 itself was closed in Dover for a while because of a crash involving four lorries. |
Eurotunnel is reporting delays of about 30 minutes for freight services at Folkestone, due to the volume of traffic, while Eurostar said weather conditions in northern France and Belgium were leading to disruption on cross-channel high speed lines. | Eurotunnel is reporting delays of about 30 minutes for freight services at Folkestone, due to the volume of traffic, while Eurostar said weather conditions in northern France and Belgium were leading to disruption on cross-channel high speed lines. |
It said it expected to operate an amended schedule, with journey times being up to two hours longer than usual and some services cancelled. | |
Southeastern trains said some services may be delayed or cancelled and that Network Rail had been running ice treatment trains across the rail network. | Southeastern trains said some services may be delayed or cancelled and that Network Rail had been running ice treatment trains across the rail network. |
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