Journeys halted by storms

Passengers warned to avoid travelling after roads and railway lines are blocked

Storm Eunice brought many road and rail journeys to a stop on Friday and over the weekend, and the disuption continued into the week as West Sussex caught the edge of Storm Franklin.

Roads were closed across West Sussex on Friday due to fallen trees and power lines.

And while the majority of roads were quickly cleared, some tree-lined lanes remained closed for days.

Southern Rail advised commuters not to travel again on Monday, after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for more strong wind.

Southern released a statement on its website telling people to ‘please

A number of homes in Mid Sussex lost power following Storm Eunice.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that crews have worked round the clock since the storm started.

The live map from UK Power Networks (pictured here) showed abandon your journey’ and to ‘stay at home, adding: “The situation will change regularly as trees fall and objects are blown onto the lines, and in most areas, no service may able to run.

“Replacement transport will not be able to run due to the weather conditions. It is no longer possible to run the amended timetable for today.

“Where trains are being delayed between stations we are aware, and working to rescue passengers as soon as possible. Once everyone is able to get off the train, we still expect that it will not be possible to complete journeys as normal.

“A speed restriction of 50 mph will also be in place across the network. This restriction is due to further severe weather conditions.” issues due to fallen trees and multiple points of damage on our overhead lines, which has extended repair times.”

He said power had been restored to around 180,000 homes but around 4,400 properties across the south were still without electricity.

“I would like to apologise to our customers for the continued disruption as our teams work around the clock to restore power.

“I’d also like to recognise our teams in the field and in our control and customer centres, who are doing a brilliant job in very difficult conditions and stand ready

power cuts to homes across Mid Sussex at the weekend, many of which continued into this week. An SSEN spokesman said on Monday: “Conditions remain challenging with the arrival of Storm Franklin causing sustained high winds, particularly across the coast. “This has led to new faults, access Director of distribution system operations Richard Gough said: “The hurricane-force winds of Storm Eunice have resulted in some of the most extreme and challenging conditions experienced in the south of England for decades, with significant impact on our overhead line network. to respond to the impact of Storm Franklin, while prioritising restoring customers who have been without power longest.” The company has introduced an ‘enhanced welfare’ offer to those most seriously affected who have had to pay for alternative accommodation.