Bank Holiday 逃亡 is 攻撃する，衝突する by 強い雨 and rail disruption with 16million drivers 準備するing to 攻撃する，衝突する the roads - as RAC 明らかにする／漏らすs the best and worst times to travel

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The 早期に May bank holiday 週末 逃亡 was blighted by 強い雨 and rail disruption this morning as drivers were 警告するd to 推定する／予想する long 延期するs on the roads.

Some 16million 運転者s will make a leisure trip by car between today and Monday, によれば the RAC - with 旅行s on most major 大勝するs across South and South West England 始める，決める to take an 普通の／平均（する） of 50 per cent longer than usual this afternoon.

And road 使用者s across England and むちの跡s were 警告するd by the Met Office that most areas will see にわか雨s throughout today, which could be 激しい and thundery.

予報官s said 条件s this 週末 would remain mixed, with most areas of the UK likely to experience some rain. However 気温s will stay 公正に／かなり warm, in the 中央の to late teens with highs of 18C (64F) in the South and 16C (61F) in the North.

逃亡 traffic started to build this morning before 頂点（に達する）ing tomorrow at 3.3million 旅行s, によれば 研究 by the RAC and 輸送（する） analytics 会社／堅い Inrix.

A その上の 2.3million and 2.6million separate 逃亡 trips are planned on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday それぞれ, while another 5.6million are 推定する／予想するd to be made at some point over the 週末 by drivers still deciding which day to travel.

Parts of the North West, East Anglia and South West are likely to be hardest 攻撃する，衝突する by traffic returning home on Monday. And those wanting to 避ける the worst congestion were 勧めるd to travel before 9am or after 5pm throughout the bank holiday period.?

Drivers across Britain were advised to 避ける setting off betwee n 11am and 6pm today; 9am and 2pm tomorrow; and 10am and 3pm on both Sunday and Monday.

一方／合間, 旅行s on Britain's rail 網状組織 were already 存在 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd this morning ahead of 工学 work and 産業の 活動／戦闘 over the coming days.

Rail 乗客s at London King's Cross 駅／配置する today as the bank holiday 逃亡 begins

列s at Manchester A irport 早期に this morning as tourists wait to get inside the 終点?

Traffic on the A102(M) Blackwall Tunnel approach in Greenwich, South East London, today

There were 延期するs on the London Overground between Stratford and Richmond today 予定 to a signalling fault; while the Northern line had 延期するs 予定 to a train 不足 and the Piccadilly line was 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd between Acton Town and Uxbridge.

Northern and TransPennine 表明する services between Scunthorpe and Doncaster were 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd 予定 to a landslip, while a 速度(を上げる） 制限 over a 欠陥のある 跡をつける in Hampshire between Portchester and Cosham was 延期するing some services on 広大な／多数の／重要な Western 鉄道, Southern and?South Western 鉄道.

Another landslip in West Yorkshire between Pontefract Monkhill and Knottingley was 延期するing Northern services, while the 操作者's trains between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield 経由で New Mills Central were also 存在 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd 予定 to 跡をつける 修理s.

Looking ahead to the bank holiday 週末, the Met Office said that there was 'still some 不確定 around the exact 詳細（に述べる）s of the 予測（する）'.

The 国家の 天候 service 明らかにする／漏らすd that its 'さまざまな computer models are 同意しないing about the exact 跡をつける an area of low 圧力 will take across the southern UK and therefore where will see the worst of any 天候'.

に引き続いて 雷鳴 and 雷 for much of southern England yesterday, today will remain unsettled with rain or にわか雨s ? and while the 危険 of 雷雨s continues, it is lower with より小数の and more 孤立するd 嵐／襲撃するs.

As for the next few days, Met Office 副 長，指導者 気象学者 示す Sidaway said: 'There continues to be 不確定 around the 跡をつける of a low 圧力 system which is 推定する／予想するd to cross the southern UK this 週末, meaning there is some 不確定 about some of the 予測（する） 詳細（に述べる）s.

'While it will remain unsettled with その上の にわか雨s or longer （一定の）期間s of rain, all areas should see some drier 条件s at some point and, in any 日光, it should feel やめる warm. But for the exact 詳細（に述べる）s for your area stay up to date with 予測（する） over the coming days.'

一方／合間 drivers have been 警告するd to 推定する／予想する long 延期するs as millions of people 乗る，着手する on bank holiday 逃亡s.

The busiest 大勝する is 始める，決める to be the M5 southbound between Bristol and Taunton this afternoon, when 旅行s are 始める，決める to take nearly two hours longer than normal as 逃亡 and 通勤（学）者 traffic 連合させる.

On Monday, jams are 予報するd on the M55 eastbound between Blackpool and Preston from 11am; Cornwall to Exeter eastbound on the A30 and A38 from 11.30am; and Norwich to Thetford on the A11 southbound from 12.15pm.

The RAC said that since coronavirus travel 制限s ended the number of drivers planning leisure trips during 早期に May Bank Holiday 週末s is '井戸／弁護士席 above' the previous 普通の／平均（する） of 14million.

It （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d a 調査する of more than 3,000 UK 運転者s which 示唆するd 39 per cent of those 運動ing over the long 週末 will spend a day with family and friends, 14 per cent ーするつもりである to go shopping and 8 per cent have planned a short break with loved ones.

RAC spokesperson Alice Simpson said: 'With Covid travel 制限s a thing of the past, catching up with friends and family is still the first 優先 for nearly half of drivers making leisure trips over the bank holiday.

'Since 2022 - the first 十分な year since mobility 制限s 解除するd - drivers appear to be much more eager to make the most of the May Day 週末, with the total number of 逃亡 trips this year far 越えるing the 普通の／平均（する） since 2017.

'We're 心配するing a 盛り上がり of cars on the road over the 週末 with as many as three million 運転者s making leisure trips on Saturday alone.

'In 新規加入 to the 大多数 of 運転者s planning day trips and short breaks, our data shows 地元の 大勝するs to city and out-of-town shopping centres could see 激しい traffic, so it's best to 長，率いる out 早期に morning or evening if possible.'

Inrix 警告するd that most of the worst 延期するs were 推定する／予想するd in the South and South West.

Inrix transportation 分析家 （頭が）ひょいと動く Pishue said: 'Although 延期するs won't be as 厳しい as 復活祭, drivers should 推定する／予想する the lengthiest 持つ／拘留する-ups on major roads to and from popular 目的地s this 週末.

'延期するs will likely 頂点（に達する） on Friday afternoon with some areas seeing usual travel times 二塁打 as holiday drivers 争う for space on the roads with 通勤（学）者s.'

一方／合間, 旅行s on Britain's rail 網状組織 will be 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd 予定 to 工学 work and 産業の 活動／戦闘.

網状組織 Rail said it will carry out 487 事業／計画（する）s over the bank holiday period.

On Sunday, no trains will run between London Euston and Milton Keynes or between Glasgow and England 予定 to work on the West Coast Main Line at 乗組員, Wigan and other loc ations.

There will also be disruption over the 週末 in Cambridge, Coventry and Liverpool.

網状組織 Rail's system 操作者 director Anit Chandarana said: 'The 広大な 大多数 of the 鉄道 will be open for 商売／仕事 as normal.

観客s 保護物，者 from the rain beneath umbrellas at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show today

People use umbrellas to 保護物，者 from the rain at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show this morning

A very wet day at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show today as people walk around the 小売 area

'We know people want to travel by train and not 交替／補充 bus, and we do our best to fit as much work as we can into these 終結s to minimise the 衝撃 on 乗客s and freight 顧客s.

See what other 乗客s are 説 on social マスコミ: Travel 専門家 NICKY KELVIN 明らかにする／漏らすs his tips for navigating train strikes?

By NICKY KELVIN

The planned train strikes will 原因（となる） a number of disruptions to travellers' 週末 計画（する）s over the first bank holiday in May, with services across Greater Anglia, Northern, Thameslink, Southern, Southeastern and SWR all 直面するing 限られた／立憲的な to no service.

The 最新の 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of strike 活動／戦闘 will 衝撃 通勤（学）者s and their 信用／信任 in rail travel yet again, given the fact they are continuingly having to worry about the reliability of services across the 網状組織 as the Aslef union's two-year long 論争 激怒（する）s on.

For those travellers who are unable to 避ける travelling, I would 示唆する checking before they make any 旅行. It's also important to remember that 予定 to these 終結s, other lines may be busier than usual during 頂点（に達する） hours so always 許す extra time to make it to their final 目的地.

My tips to 避ける the 強調する／ストレス of getting stuck during train strike 活動／戦闘 含む:

1. Make sure you are checking in with the travel updates as you make 計画（する）s;
2. Travel after the strike days - this is an 選択 for you to 避ける 取り消しs all together;
3. Find an 代案／選択肢 way to travel ahead of time and ahead of other 乗客s in a 類似の 状況／情勢
4. 避ける travelling during 頂点（に達する） times as congestion will 影響する／感情 travel between these days;
5. Always check ahead on 国家の Rail and also X to see what other 乗客s are 説 and have experienced.

NICKY KELVIN is editor at The Points Guy. For more of his tips, click here

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'The work this month will see new 跡をつける laid on one of the busiest mixed-use 鉄道 in the world - the West Coast Main Line - along with work to 取って代わる worn out 器具／備品 at junctions at 乗組員.

'We've also got more work to build a new 駅／配置する at Cambridge South, which will play a 重要な 役割 in developing the city and its new biomedical campus in a 維持できる way.'

It comes as train drivers at 16 rail companies are to 行う／開催する／段階 a fresh 一連の strikes in their long-running 支払う／賃金 論争, 混乱に陥れる／中断させるing travel in the week of the May bank holiday.

Members of Aslef will walk out on May 7, 8 and 9 at different 操作者s and 禁止（する） overtime for six days from May 6.

The union said it has not met 雇用者s or the 政府 for more than a year, 告発する／非難するing 大臣s of 'giving up' trying to 解決する the 近づく two-year 論争.

Drivers will strike on May 7 at c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR 広大な／多数の／重要な Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern, Gatwick 表明する and South Western 鉄道.

On May 8 there will be strikes at Avanti West Coast, Chiltern 鉄道s, CrossCountry, East Midlands 鉄道, 広大な／多数の／重要な Western 鉄道 and West Midlands Trains.

Aslef members at LNER, Northern Trains and TransPennine 表明する will strike on May 9.

Yesterday, rail companies 示唆するd informal 会談 with Aslef in a 企て，努力，提案 to 解決する the 支払う／賃金 論争.

But the move by the Rail 配達／演説／出産 Group (RDG), which 代表するs train 操作者s, will not 影響する／感情 next week's fresh strikes and overtime 禁止（する）.

No 会合s have been held between the two 味方するs for a year, while 政府 大臣s have not met Aslef since the start of 2023.

The RDG has written to Aslef 示唆するing informal 会談 which would 許す more formal 交渉s.

An RDG spokesperson said: 'We want to see an end to this 論争 and in that spirit, we have written to the Aslef leadership to try and find areas of ありふれた ground that will 許す us to move to formal 交渉s.'

The 論争 started in the summer of 2022, since when train drivers have taken a number of strikes, 原因（となる）ing travel 大混乱 for 乗客s and 抱擁する 財政上の 攻撃する，衝突するs on 部門s such as 歓待.

Aslef general 長官 Mick Whelan 述べるd it as a 'soft touch approach' from the RDG.

He said he （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd a 'slight change of mood' after such a long period when no 接触する has been made between the union and 雇用者s and 輸送（する） 大臣s.

'We are 明白に not going to say no to any 試みる／企てる to 持つ／拘留する proper 交渉s,' he said.

令状ing in Aslef's 定期刊行物, Mr Whelan said: 'I believe we are nearer the end of this 論争 and a 決意／決議 will come.'

He pointed out that Aslef had 安全な・保証するd 17 支払う／賃金 取引，協定s over the past year with rail companies not 伴う／関わるd in the 現在進行中の 論争, 追加するing it was proof the 現在の 列／漕ぐ／騒動 was driven by 'political spite, not 産業の necessity'.

国家の 表明する has said that it will be 供給するing thousands of extra seats next week to を取り引きする 増加するd 需要・要求する during the rail strikes.

The coach 操作者 発表するd an 付加 7,500 seats on its most popular 大勝するs.

国家の 表明する said 19million people had travelled on its coach 網状組織 in 2023, a 25 per cent 増加する on 2022.

Since the rail strikes began in June 2022, 国家の 表明する has 記録，記録的な／記録するd around 1.3million new 乗客s travelling on its services on 産業の 活動／戦闘 days during rail strike days.

一方／合間, hundreds of 国境 軍隊 officers at Heathrow Airport have been on a four-day strike in a 論争 over working 条件s.

The Public and 商業の Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members walked out from 5am on Monday until 7am today.

Thousands of 雷 strikes swept across southern England yesterday, 原因（となる）ing travel 延期するs and striking a care home.

But yesterday was also the warmest day of the year for all four home nations, the Met Office said.

A 気温 of 23.4C was 記録，記録的な／記録するd in Santon Downham in Suffolk, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the previous high of 22.1C from Wednesday.

一方／合間 the 水銀柱，温度計 攻撃する，衝突する 22.1C in Kinlochewe and Achnagart, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Wednesday's high of 21.9C in Aultbea.

In むちの跡s, a high of 22.8C was felt in Hawarden, Flintshire, while the 気温 攻撃する，衝突する 20.3C at Castlederg in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland.