Easter travel: Holidaymakers face more delays after ‘horrendous’ traffic queues

Holidaymakers faced “horrendous” traffic queues and delays as the great getaway began with more of the same expected on Saturday.

Millions of people were expected to take to the roads and trains with two million holidaymakers set to jet abroad this bank holiday weekend. Drivers hoping for an early getaway on Friday faced two-hour queues for ferries from Dover, while storm damage caused chaos on train lines.

Photos showed queues of heavy traffic on the approach to the Channel crossing, the Port of Dover warned at midday it was taking “around two hours”