More travel misery over weekend as disruption continues
Heavy rain could bring flooding disruption after a week in which Britain has been hit by hot temperatures and thunderstorms.
Weather, repair work and a rail strike are set to bring more misery to travellers this weekend.
Customers using East Midlands Trains (EMT) have been warned to expect a significantly reduced service to and from London while repair work on damaged overhead line equipment is carried out.
There is also a revised timetable on several local routes because of RMT industrial action.
Passengers are advised to check before setting off on their journeys and not to travel on the London St Pancras-Nottingham-Sheffield route as there will be a reduced timetable.
The ongoing disruption to services on the Midland Main Line route to London will continue over the weekend while engineers repair major damage to overhead line equipment near West Hampstead.
There are also severe delays and part closures on the London Underground, including the Bakerloo line and London Overground.
Jake Kelly, East Midlands Trains managing director, said: "We're
sorry to everybody who has experienced disrupted journeys over the past
two days.
"We are working very closely with Network Rail while they work to repair the overhead line equipment and fully reopen the railway, which will in turn allow us to reintroduce our full train service to and from London St Pancras.
"Whilst this work takes place, we do have a significantly reduced timetable in place on our London route over the weekend and our advice for customers is to avoid travelling on this route wherever possible and make alternative arrangements.
"Due to the RMT industrial action, there will also be some changes to services on our local routes on Saturday, with revised timetables and replacement coach operations in place on some lines."
Gatwick Airport said this morning: "We aim to run a normal schedule today, however due to ongoing adverse weather across Europe, passengers are advised to check with their airlines for the latest information."
Heavy rain could bring flooding disruption after a week in which Britain has been hit by both scorching temperatures and thunderstorms.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain which covers large areas of Scotland and England until Sunday afternoon.
In parts of London and the southeast of England up to 20mm of rain fell overnight on Friday into Saturday and forecasters expect up to another 20mm during the morning, which could lead to travel problems.
Delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible.
Air passengers also suffered major disruption on Friday due to the heatwave and a technical problem with the UK's air traffic control system.
Passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick airports endured delays due to the extreme conditions across Europe.
The air traffic control company Nats said a technical problem with a system at the Swanwick Air Traffic Control centre had been identified shortly after noon, which restricted the rate of arrivals.
A Heathrow spokesman said the technical issue has now been resolved and added: "We apologise to passengers for any disruption that this caused.
Customers using East Midlands Trains (EMT) have been warned to expect a significantly reduced service to and from London while repair work on damaged overhead line equipment is carried out.
There is also a revised timetable on several local routes because of RMT industrial action.
Passengers are advised to check before setting off on their journeys and not to travel on the London St Pancras-Nottingham-Sheffield route as there will be a reduced timetable.
The ongoing disruption to services on the Midland Main Line route to London will continue over the weekend while engineers repair major damage to overhead line equipment near West Hampstead.
There are also severe delays and part closures on the London Underground, including the Bakerloo line and London Overground.
"We are working very closely with Network Rail while they work to repair the overhead line equipment and fully reopen the railway, which will in turn allow us to reintroduce our full train service to and from London St Pancras.
"Whilst this work takes place, we do have a significantly reduced timetable in place on our London route over the weekend and our advice for customers is to avoid travelling on this route wherever possible and make alternative arrangements.
"Due to the RMT industrial action, there will also be some changes to services on our local routes on Saturday, with revised timetables and replacement coach operations in place on some lines."
Gatwick Airport said this morning: "We aim to run a normal schedule today, however due to ongoing adverse weather across Europe, passengers are advised to check with their airlines for the latest information."
Heavy rain could bring flooding disruption after a week in which Britain has been hit by both scorching temperatures and thunderstorms.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain which covers large areas of Scotland and England until Sunday afternoon.
In parts of London and the southeast of England up to 20mm of rain fell overnight on Friday into Saturday and forecasters expect up to another 20mm during the morning, which could lead to travel problems.
Delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible.
Air passengers also suffered major disruption on Friday due to the heatwave and a technical problem with the UK's air traffic control system.
Passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick airports endured delays due to the extreme conditions across Europe.
The air traffic control company Nats said a technical problem with a system at the Swanwick Air Traffic Control centre had been identified shortly after noon, which restricted the rate of arrivals.
A Heathrow spokesman said the technical issue has now been resolved and added: "We apologise to passengers for any disruption that this caused.