Yule be sorry: eastbound motorists on the A303 past Stonehenge are expected to suffer long midweek delays MATT CARDYIn Norway it is known as “romjul”: the quiet period between Christmas and the new year when families relax in comfort at home or stride out on bracing walks. In Britain, however, the days will be marked by lengthy stints in motorway traffic or queuing for rail replacement buses. The combination of an extensive shutdown of the rail network, strike action by train staff, the post-Christmas sales and families on the move after visiting loved ones is expected to cause chaos on the roads after Boxing Day. Inrix, a traffic information company, is predicting delays on Wednesday of almost two hours on a 16-mile section of the M25 and of more than 90 minutes eastbound on the A303 from the southwest. Two-hour delays are expected…

Source: The Times December 24, 2017 00:03 UTC