It’s the fun moment a jazz band made the freeway their stage during a massive traffic jam, much to the delight of weary motorists.
Drivers experienced hours of chaos while waiting on the motorway yesterday after a lorry caught fire on a stretch of the M6 and M55 in Preston, Lancashire in the early hours of Friday morning.
As a result, the southbound M6 at Junction 32 was closed for several hours by emergency services.
Another incident involving a pedestrian on the network has been reported closing the M6 in both directions at junction 31, M55 Broughton Interchange, at junction 33, A6 on Preston Lancaster Road – adding even more hours of delay for people trapped in vehicles.
Cars were brought to a complete halt on the usually busy three-lane highway following a massive truck fire, leading to huge traffic jams as fire crews carried out a ‘complex recovery operation’.
But motorists heading north didn’t have it so badly – as they were entertained by a live jazz band.
Passengers and drivers were seen away from their stationary vehicles cheering and dancing in footage shared on social media.
This is the amusing moment a jazz band made the motorway their stage during a massive traffic jam, much to the delight of weary motorists on the M6
Drivers experienced hours of chaos while waiting on the motorway yesterday after a lorry caught fire on a stretch of the M6 and M55 in Preston, Lancashire in the early hours of Friday morning. But motorists heading north were entertained by a live jazz band
The hours of traffic jams also encouraged other people on the M6 to get out of their cars and lorries and share other ways of keeping busy while stuck on the concrete, with a group spotted playing table football between junctions 31A and 33.
Despite the two reported incidents on the M6, canceled trains across the UK this weekend have caused disruption on more motorways.
The AA said the M4/M5 interchange west of Bristol is ‘growing with traffic’, as there were more cars on the road on the M5 southbound towards Exeter.
Writing yesterday, a spokesman for the national highways agency confirmed the reason for the blockage, which was finally cleared around 8.30pm.
They said on Twitter: “There is a 2 hour delay on the M6 between D33-D31a, and also a 1 hour delay on the M55 is between D3 and M6.”
“It’s about allowing a complex recovery operation to take place.”
Several incidents have resulted in congestion across the country including; the M25/M11 interchange, M1 Northampton, M8 and Queensferry Crossing to Edinburgh, the motorways around Leeds and Bradford and the M42 east of Birmingham.
Rail services were severely disrupted today and will continue to be so on Sunday morning due to the latest outbreak of industrial unrest – with members of the Aslef drivers’ union from seven train operators walking off the job for 24 hours in addition to their salary.
The strike affects drivers of Arriva Rail London, Greater Anglia, Great Western, Hull Trains, LNER, Southeastern and West Midlands Trains – during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and at the start of the English Football League.
The hours of traffic jams also encouraged other people on the M6 to get out of their cars and lorries and share other ways of keeping busy while stuck on the concrete, with a group spotted playing table football between junctions 31A and 33.
No Southeastern or London Overground trains will run – the latter due to Arriva’s walkout – while there will also be no service on London Northwestern or Heathrow Express, even though neither is involved in the dispute.
Only 10% of Greater Anglia’s services will operate – including just one Stansted Express per hour – while most of the Great Western Railway network will be closed and the few running routes will have heavily reduced service.
The LNER timetable will be extremely limited, with a train every two hours between London and York; a train every two hours between York and Edinburgh; and one train in each direction between London and Leeds all day.
Elsewhere, West Midlands Trains will only operate a special shuttle between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International – while on Hull Trains a single service will run from Hull to and from London all day.
Rail services were severely disrupted today and will continue to be so on Sunday morning due to the latest outbreak of industrial unrest – with members of the Aslef drivers’ union at seven train operators quitting for 24 hours on pay, sparking disturbances on the highways
The AA has warned of traffic jams on major roads as strikes force more people into vehicles on the second busiest weekend of the summer getaway. Drivers experienced the worst delays between 11am and 3pm today.
He said routes to the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone and the Port of Dover had minimal delays this afternoon, but the switch to holiday rentals was showing up with disruption on routes to the south of England .
Slow traffic was reported on the M4/M5 interchange near Bristol, M3 near Winchester and A303.
Traffic was also building on several sections of the M25 around London – and major disruption was seen on the M55/M6 junction and surrounding roads north of Preston following a lorry fire and the closure of the M6 earlier.
