Storm Bert latest: ‘Multi-hazard weather event’ hits UK and Ireland – snow piles up ‘thick and fast’ | UK News

In Scotland, there will be speed restrictions on the West Highland Line, Highland Main Line, Stranraer Line, Glasgow South West Line, Far North Line and West Coast Main Line between Carstairs and the border.

ScotRail is withdrawing services from Inverness to Elgin, Aberdeen to Inverurie and Glasgow Queen Street to Oban, while trains from Glasgow Central to Carlisle will terminate in Dumfries.

South Western Rail has asked passengers to only travel west of Basingstoke if their journey is essential.

SWR has announced that services between Exeter and London Waterloo will start and finish in Basingstoke, journey times between Salisbury and Exeter and Bournemouth and Weymouth will be longer due to speed restrictions, and services on its network will start later than usual on Sundays and Mondays. from security audits.

TransPennine Express “strongly” urged customers not to travel north of Carlisle on Saturday, while Avanti West Coast advised passengers not to travel north of Preston, including Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, ferry operator CalMac, which serves the west coast of Scotland, canceled several sailings on Saturday and disruption to many other services is expected.

P&O Ferries said it had canceled today’s 4am service between Larne in Northern Ireland and Cairnryan in south-west Scotland.

UK airports do not expect disruption.

A Birmingham Airport spokesman said: “We do not currently expect disruption but will continue to monitor the situation closely as Storm Bert rolls in.”

Manchester Airport said it was “expecting bad weather but not any disruption”, while Newcastle Airport said it would operate normally throughout the night, with crews “fully prepared to respond if conditions deteriorate”.