Keep UK trains running at Christmas and save engineering works for January, say campaigners

It doesn't have to be this way': Britain's transport networks again grind to a halt during festive period

There was a familiar sense of misery for many travellers in the week before Christmas as hundreds of trains were cancelled, motorways were closed and ferry passengers queued for miles waiting to board their ships.

But it doesn't have to be this way, transport campaigners say, as politicians and transport bosses have the power to ease some of the problems facing travellers.