Storm Causes Major Headache For Commuters

Transport services including trains, planes and ferries have been cancelled or disrupted after a severe storm struck the southern half of the UK.

More than 100 trees fell on railway lines across the South East, with Network Rail saying its engineers would be working to remove them "as soon as possible".

East Coast Trains said fallen power cables and flooding at the southern end of its network had caused delays and cancellations to services and urged passengers not to travel, while First Capital Connect told its passengers there would be "no services until further notice".

Other operators including Greater Anglia, East Midlands Trains and Stansted Express said services would be suspended until later this morning, while trains from London Victoria are not expected to run until at least 10am.

Hurricane-force winds and heavy rain also caused disruption on the roads, with a number of major routes affected.

Both Severn estuary crossing were closed, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and the Sheppey Crossing in Kent.

Countless local roads have also been shut by fallen trees.

Rough seas caused the Port of Dover to suspend all ferry crossings while Brittany Ferries cancelled services between Plymouth and Roscoff, Poole and Cherbourg and Portsmouth and Bilbao.

Among the services that will be affected by the storm are:

Trains

:: Southern Railway has announced that it is "highly unlikely" it will run any services before at least 9am on Monday.

:: Gatwick Express services finished at around 1am and will not resume until at least 9am.

:: South West Trains has warned people not to travel at all on Monday and will be running a "significantly reduced timetable".

:: Southeastern Railway is expecting to run a reduced service and most routes will not be operating until after 9am. 

:: East Coast Trains will operate an amended timetable for Monday due to speed restrictions that will be in force south of York Station.

:: Greater Anglia Trains has announced that services will be suspended on Monday until 9am and no alternatives to trains will be provided.

:: First Capital Connect trains are not expected to run until after 9am.

:: London Overground services will not be operating until after 9am on Monday.

:: East Midlands Trains - no services into or out of London St Pancras until at least 10am. No services between Nottingham, Ely, Peterborough and Norwich until around 9am.

:: C2C trains suspended until at least 9am.

:: Eurostar cross-channel services suspended until at least 7am to allow inspection of high speed lines.

Planes

:: Heathrow airport has cut capacity for all airlines on Monday, including a 20% reduction between 6am and 11am.

About 130 flights have been cancelled and the airport recommends all passengers contact their airline.

The cancellations are a combination of arrivals and departures.

:: British Airways' Heathrow cancellations are currently all from its European and domestic schedule. Passengers can rebook or get a refund.

:: Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol airports have not yet announced any cancellations but are telling passengers to check with their airline before travelling to the airport.

Ferries

:: Brittany Ferries' services has announced cancellations between Plymouth and Roscoff; Poole and Cherbourg; Portsmouth and Bilbao.

Ferries also cancelled between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly.

Roads

:: The Highways Agency has issued a severe weather alert for high-sided vehicles, caravans, motorbikes and other vulnerable vehicles.

:: Both crossings over the Severn estuary have been closed.

:: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, the southbound Dartford Crossing, is closed. However, the tunnels will remain open and operate a contraflow system so that traffic can cross the Thames in both directions.

:: The Sheppey Crossing bridge in Kent is currently closed due to high winds.

:: The A14 Orwell Bridge near Ipswich has been shut

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