Floods wash out rail lines in the UK disrupting holiday travel
Photo Credit: Interior of a first-class car on a Great Western train. Flickr.com / Simon Pielow
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If you're not home for the holidays already in the UK, you're likely where you're going to be spending the holidays whether you like it or not.
The Great Western route between Exeter and Tiverton was closed until Dec. 28 after a deluge washed away ballast, while track further south was hit by a landslip, hindering travel from London Paddington station to tourist towns in Devon and Cornwall.
“First Great Western advises passengers not to attempt travel,” the Association of Train Operating Companies’ National Rail website said. “Flooding is causing disruption and poor road conditions mean that buses are not able to run on many
