Travel Alert 24-01-2025
UK: Storm Éowyn: Travel Advice
Early on Friday Storm Éowyn will begin to affect the UK with winds initially in the south-western part of the UK with heavy rainfall before quickly spreading north-east to the rest of the UK.
Red warnings have been issued for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland on Friday.
The Met Office are warning people to expect damage to buildings with roofs blown off and significant disruption to travel.
Two amber warnings are also in place for parts of Scotland and the north of England on Friday. The rest of the country is under at least one yellow warning as Éowyn is forecast to bring strong winds, rain and snow.
FCDO Travel Advice Update – Ireland
There are severe weather warnings in place for Ireland for Thursday 23 and Friday 24 January due to Storm Éowyn. Please see Ireland’s weather service for further details, check travel plans in advance, and follow the advice of local authorities.
National Rail Update
Severe weather today and Storm Éowyn may affect your journey until Saturday 25 January: check before you travel
Route(s) affected
Various routes across England, Scotland and Wales
A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for today, affecting southern parts of England and the coast of Wales.
In addition to this, red, amber and yellow weather warnings have been issued due to Storm Éowyn and is expected to bring very strong winds, rain and snow to most parts of Great Britain on Friday 24 January, and across parts of northern England and Scotland on Saturday 25 January.
We advise to check before you Travel. The following operators have issued significant travel advice:
• Storm Éowyn will affect Avanti West Coast services on Friday 24 January: do not travel north of Preston / North Wales routes
• Storm Éowyn will affect CrossCountry services on Friday 24 January: do not travel between York / Newcastle and Edinburgh
• Storm Éowyn will affect Grand Central services on Friday 24 January
• Storm Éowyn will affect LNER services on Friday 24 January: do not travel north of York
• Storm Éowyn will affect Lumo services on Friday 24 January: do not travel north of Newcastle
• Storm Éowyn will affect Northern services on Friday 24 January: do not travel on various routes
• Storm Éowyn will affect TransPennine Express services on Friday 24 January
UK airport and flight information:
Click here to view a document which lists the main international UK airports and the regions in which they are located. Each airport website is included, and these are often a good source of current information.
UK roads and rail services information:
Travel to and from the airports on the UK roads and rail services can be monitored on the following websites:
National rail
The AA Traffic news
The Met Office
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The team at Uniglobe Gemini Travel
