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    Christmas travel disruption as motorways close and rail travellers face delays

    by Neil Lancefield Dec 22, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Christmas getaway disruption is continuing with long queues for cross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations.

    The Port of Dover in Kent said it is taking about 90 minutes to process cars.

    It attributed the delay to a surge in demand for ferries after the Channel Tunnel rail link was closed on Thursday due to unscheduled industrial action by French workers, which ruined the travel plans of tens of thousands of people.

    , which operates passenger services to and from , is operating two extra

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