Misery on rail, roads and planes? It must be a bank hol!

SCOTS hoping to enjoy a bank holiday break could face a weekend of disruption on roads, rail and at airports.

Queues began forming at airports from the early hours yesterday as hundreds of thousands sought foreign breaks.

Around 7,0 8 flights with 1.2million seats are scheduled to depart the UK over the three-day weekend, a five-fold increase on last year’s early May Bank Holiday.

Among the most booked destinations are Palma de Mallorca, Málaga and Amsterdam, according to flight data analyst Cirium. Thousands of travellers were pictured filling up Manchester Airport’s departure halls from 3.10am

Rail passengers face the most severe disruption.

More than £70million of track and signal upgrades mean 550

‘Tourist hotspots to clog up’

routes will be closed or disrupted over the next three days. This includes lines near Cambuslang that could delay travellers from today through to Monday.

The TransPennine Express, which operates across northern England and into Scotland, urged passengers not to travel today or tomorrow due to a walk-out by conductors who are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union.

The firm said it would run only ‘a very small number of services’ on those days.

Around half of Britain’s 33million drivers are expected to take to the roads over the next three days.

The RAC’s Rod Dennis said: ‘We expect routes to classic tourist hotspots – especially the coasts – to clog up through Saturday morning, although according to our research Monday could turn out to be the busiest day of the long weekend.’