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Transport chaos as winter bites

Travel chaos: Easyjet cabin crew at Luton airport
Easyjet cabin crew make their way through the snow to the terminal building of Luton airport Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: Passengers sleep at Luton airport
Passengers sleep in front of a bureau de change in the terminal building of Luton airport Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: A car negotiates a snowy lane in Luton
A car negotiates a snowy lane in Luton Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: Eurostar passengers queue for departures at Kings Cross St Pancras
Eurostar passengers queue for departures at Kings Cross St Pancras Photograph: Ben Stansall/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: Salt is delivered at the highway agencies depot in Hook near Basingstoke
Salt is delivered at the highway agencies depot in Hook near Basingstoke Photograph: Anthony Devlin/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: Three men attempt to push a car from the side of the road in Basingstoke
Three men attempt to push a car from the side of the road in Basingstoke Photograph: Anthony Devlin/guardian.co.uk
Travel chaos: A vehicles abandoned by the side of a road in Basingstoke
A vehicles abandoned by the side of a road following overnight snowfall in Basingstoke, Hampshire Photograph: Anthony Devlin/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: A sign reading CHANNEL TUNNEL FREIGHT ONLY
21 December: sign reading CHANNEL TUNNEL FREIGHT ONLY is pictured on the M20 motorway as Euro Tunnel suspend tourist travel due to winter weather condition effecting trains in Folkestone, Ken Photograph: Ben Stansall/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: Traffic sits on a snow covered M3 motorway
21 December: Traffic sits on a snow covered M3 motorway near junction 7 , south of Basingstoke, Hamphire Photograph: guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: Britain Prepares for more Snow
21 December: A pedestrian crosses Whitehall Photograph: Andy Rain/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: Snow Continues To Fall Across The Country
December 21: Commuters walks across Westminster Bridge in heavy snow Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: A train travels along snow covered lines at Clapham Junction
December 22: A train travels along snow covered lines at Clapham Junction Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: Crowds of passengers wait to try to board Eurostar services at St Pancras
22 December: Crowds of passengers wait to try to board Eurostar services at St Pancras station in London Photograph: Andrew Winning/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: A guard waves off the first Eurostar train to Paris after cancellations
22 December :A guard waves off the first Eurostar train to Paris after three days of cancellations, St Pancras station in London Photograph: Andrew Winning/guardian.co.uk
travel chaos: Footprints are seen in the snow at Clapham Junction
Footprints are seen in the snow at Clapham Junction Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk
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