Christmas is cancelled: Train 乗客s 直面する holiday 大混乱 as 工学 作品 shut 重要な London to Scotland line and 原因（となる） 終結s across the 資本／首都

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Thousands of rail 乗客s 直面する Christmas 大混乱 over the busy festive holiday period - and are even 存在 advised not to use a main London to Scotland line ? as 工学 作品 原因（となる） 終結s and 厳しい disruption.

修理 work on the West Coast main line means it will be shut between Euston 駅／配置する in London and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire after the last trains on Christmas Eve until Monday December 29.

It will also be の近くにd between Stafford and 乗組員 after the last trains on Christmas Eve until Sunday 28 December.

Disruption: The West Coast main line will be shut between Euston 駅／配置する in London and Hemel Hempstead

Rail bosses say the now almost 伝統的な Christmas 修理 終結s are 決定的な as work continues on ‘改良s’ in the Watford area and between Stafford and 乗組員.

To minimise disruption 網状組織 Rail and the Virgin Trains and London Midland train companies are advising 乗客s to 避ける the West Coast main line and use 代案／選択肢 大勝するs.

The news comes just days after Sir Richard Branson and 輸送（する） group Stagecoach ? which together run the West Coast train 操作者 - last week controversially won the £3.3bn franchise to run the 競争相手 East Coast line and means another unwelcome 頭痛 for 大臣s.

Jim Syddall, 事実上の／代理 大勝する managing director for 網状組織 Rail, said: ‘There is never a good time to carry out this type of work and we have liaised closely with the train 操作者s to 計画（する） for it to take place at a 伝統的に quieter time on the 鉄道.

‘We apologise for the inconvenience 原因（となる）d but the work is 必須の to 改善する the 網状組織 and 持続する reliable services for the millions of 乗客s who travel on the West Coast main line every year.’

Another stretch of the West Coast line will be の近くにd between Stafford and 乗組員

Travellers are 直面するing a number of disruptions over Christmas and the new year as 網状組織 Rail carry out a major 工学 programme?

The disruption will 影響する／感情 services out of a number of main London 駅／配置するs, 含むing London 橋（渡しをする）, where there will be a 16-day part 終結 for work 伴う／関わるing the £6.5bn Thameslink programme.

From December 20 to January 4, Southern and Thameslink trains will not call at London 橋（渡しをする） and cross-London Thameslink Bedford-Brighton trains will not return until 2018.

From December 22 to Christmas Eve some Southeastern Charing Cross services will not call at London 橋（渡しをする） in the morning 頂点（に達する）.

Paddington will also be 影響する／感情d. 工学 work taking place between Southall and Slough, west of London, means some lines will be の近くにd from 5pm on Christmas Eve until the end of December 28.

There will be a 16-day part 終結 at London 橋（渡しをする） for work 伴う／関わるing the £6.5bn Thameslink programme

Services will also be 影響する／感情d by 工学 work is taking place between Slough and Reading West/Tilehurst in Berkshire from December 29 to January 3.

On the 週末 of December 27/28 buses will 取って代わる trains between Ascot and Aldershot 予定 to 工学 work, and there will be disruption between Luton and Sutton and between Blackfriars 駅／配置する in London and Sevenoaks in Kent from December 27 to January 2.

On December 27/28 工学 work taking place between 辛勝する／優位 Hill and Earlestown/St Helens Central is の近くにing some lines in north-west England, while buses will 取って代わる Arriva Trains むちの跡s trains between Shrewsbury and Hereford from December 27 to 29.

Other areas where 工学 work is scheduled over the holiday period 含む Birmingham New Street and between Cambridge and Ely in East Anglia.

BA has 267 flights scheduled on Christmas Day and 37,000 turkey dinners planned for 顧客s

One train company running trains on ボクシング Day, and for the second 連続する year, is Chiltern 鉄道s which will be operating services between Bicester North and London.

The Southeastern and ScotRail companies will also be running some services on ボクシング Day this year and Gatwick 表明する and Stansted 表明する trains will operate 同様に.?

Michael Roberts, director general of the Rail 配達／演説／出産 Group, which 代表するs 操作者s and 網状組織 Rail, said: ‘Building a better, safer 鉄道 is something we do every day but major holidays are when 意味ありげに より小数の people travel, and the 産業 has been working more closely than ever this year to 確実にする that disruption to 乗客s is minimised and people are kept on trains wherever possible.

‘より小数の than three per cent of services will be on 交替／補充 buses this Christmas, and a number of 操作者s will be running services on ボクシング Day in 返答 to 乗客 需要・要求する.

‘Rail staff will be working around the clock through the Christmas break to lay new 跡をつける, 新たにする signals, 修理 橋（渡しをする）s and build new 壇・綱領・公約s, to 配達する more and better services for Britain.’?

一方／合間, it appears more people are 準備するing to jet abroad over the holidays, as British 航空路s 推定する／予想するs 記録，記録的な／記録する numbers.

国家の 表明する is 二塁打ing the number of coach services on Christmas Day as bookings 増加する

The 航空機による said it will be 輸送（する）ing 2.7 million 乗客s from December 12 to January 5, 含むing 129,000 on December 19, its busiest day.

BA has 267 flights scheduled on Christmas Day and 37,000 turkey dinners planned for 顧客s.

And it should come as no surprise that the most popular 目的地s are mostly warm ones ? Dubai, Barbados, New York, Australia and Barcelona.

Rya nair is carrying more than 3.5 million 乗客s between December 20 and January 6, an 増加する of half a million compared to last year, and its most popular 目的地s at the Algarve in Portugal, the Canary Islands, Cologne and Prague.

On the roads, 国家の 表明する is 二塁打ing the number of coach services on Christmas Day and operating a 近づく-normal service on ボクシング Day.

The company said that 前進する bookings for the period December 1 to January 4 were 7 per cent up on the 2013/14 festive period.