Travel chaos has hit parts of the country as people geared up for their Easter Bank Holiday plans on Good Friday. There were disruptions to train, road and ferry services on Friday, after previous warning about climate change protestors in London. At around 2pm on Friday, clockwise traffic on the M25 came to a complete standstill.

A burger van was ablaze as emergency service crews battled to put out the fire.

All traffic on the clockwise carriageway is being held between junction 5 and the Clacket Lane service near Sevenoaks.

One traveller tweeted: “Vehicle fire clockwise M25 next to clacket lane. Food van completely ablaze. Traffic at a standstill. Looks like everyone is fine and emergency services dealing #m25 #m25traffic #clacketlane.”

A broken down vehicle between J24 for Potters Bar and Barnet, and J25 for Cheshunt and Enfield  aloso caused delays for traffic heading clockwise.

Meanwhile, in the south west, Highways England warned drivers to “delay their travel plans” due to long traffic on the M5, A303, A30 and A38.

The traffic organisation said the delays were caused due to the high volume of traffic heading to parts of the country such as Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset and North Devon.

Pictures showed traffic building up on the A14 near Cambridge on Good Friday morning.

Meanwhile on the railways, services to and drom London Euston and London Fenchurch Street are running across the bank holiday between Friday 19 and Monday 22 April.

There is also a reduced service to and from London Victoria on Good Friday and Easter Saturday.

South Western Railway are also running an amended timetable for the duration of the bank holiday weekend.

In Dover, holidaymakers were emrboiled in heavy volumes of traffic passing through Dover to Calais.

Lengthy queues at French passport control caused long delays for passengers getting on to their booked ferry.

Passengers are being advised to allow double the normal time to complete all checks for travel.

And, despite a failed attempt to bring Heathrow to a standstill by Exticntion Rebellion climate change protesters, flights into Spain and Portugal were subject to delays due to strikes through the Easter weekend.

The industrial action has already impacted Ryanair and easyJet routes.

Good Friday is seen as one of the busiest travel days of the year, with 4.4 million journeys causing serious backups, according to the RAC.

Highways England said it would remove more than 450 miles of roadworks in time for the Easter break, meaning 99 percent of motorways will be clear of cones.

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