Although

it
is
still
autumn,
wintry
weather
has
swept
across
the
Midlands,
Northern
England
and
North
Wales
overnight.
Railways
are
affected
by
snow
in
a
number
of
places
and
Network
Rail
has
launched
its
snow
plan,
which
involves
removing
ice
at
junctions
and
equipping
locomotives
with
mini
snow
ploughs.

The
cold
belt
has
now
reached
London
and
South
East
England.

National
Rail
is
warning
that
services
affected
include
Bradford
Interchange
to
Huddersfield, Hebden
Bridge
to
Halifax,
where
some
peak
services
to
Leeds
will
not
run,
and
Halifax
to
Hull,
where
trains
are
running
only
between
Bradford
Interchange
and
Hull.
Further
south,
there
are
no
trains
between
Nottingham
and
Worksop
this
morning,
while
in
Wales
buses
have
been
replacing
trains
on
the
Conwy
Valley
line
between
Llandudno
and
Blaenau
Ffestiniog.

Snow
is
not
the
only
problem.
Flooding
near
Ulverston
has
resulted
in
an
emergency
speed
restriction,
and
this
is
delaying
trains

between
Barrow-in-Furness
and
Lancaster.
Some
may
be
cancelled.
Carlisle
to
Lancaster
services
are
terminating
at
Barrow
and
so
are
not
calling
at
stations
between
there
and
Lancaster.

Network
Rail’s
North
&
East
route
operations
director
Karen
Duffy
said:
‘Our
teams
will
be
monitoring
conditions
and
engineers
are
on
standby
ready
to
respond
if
necessary.
We
are
urging
all
passengers
to
check
their
journeys.’