Traffic and travel updates as snow brings chaos to the Bath area
3.00pm: The M48 Severn Bridge has been closed in both directions because of hazardous driving conditions.
1.46pm: Bus services No 21 and 31 about to start running again.
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The journey to work in Bath this morning
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Stranded bus on Sladebrook Road
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Southdown Road in Bath this morning. Picture tweeted by @SarahERyder
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Bath and North East Somerset Council gritters at work (1)
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Bath and North East Somerset Council gritters at work (2)
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Fallen tree at Midford
1.40pm: Buses running again in Bath. First reports No 14 operating to Odd Down via Wellsway only, unable to get to Bloomfield Drive, Weston Village and Eastfield Avenue.
1.05pm: Avon and Somerset Police said snow is causing 20 minute delays on the M4 eastbound between Bath and Bristol.
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12.45pm: First flights boarding today at Bristol Internatinal Airport.
12.40pm: No South West trains will call at Bath Spa, Bradford on Avon, Bristol Temple Meads, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury stations tomorrow (Saturday, January 19).
12.23pm: Gritters have helped clear the A37 at Rush Hill in Farrington Gurney.
12.14pm: Most trains running through Bath subject to delays and some cancelled.
12.05pm: Highways authorities warn of hazardous driving conditions around the Second Severn Crossing and advise drivers to approach with care.
11.38am: Snow has blocked one lane and is causing hazardous driving conditions on the M48 Severn Bridge.
11.32am: An earlier accident on the M4 slip road at junction 18 near Bath has been cleared.
11.14am: Still no flights in or out of Bristol International Airport.
11.00am: Passengers facing more train delays and cancellations at Bath Spa Station.
10.50am: M4 eastbound re-opened between Bath and Bristol.
10.35am: A jacknifed lorry has blocked two lanes of the M5 motorway between the Almondsbury Interchange and Thornbury. Expect tailbacks.
9.58am: An accident is causing delays westbound on the M4 between Chippenham and Swindon West.
9.55am: Long delays and huge queues on M4 and closure.
9.45am: M4 has been closed eastbound between Bath and Bristol because of snow and a broken down lorry.
9.35am: Reports that no buses are running in Bath now.
9.30am: Train services through Bath Spa Station now hit by severe delays, some between 50 and 70 minutes.
9.23am: The A46 at Tormarton has been re-opened following an accident.
9.20am: Lansdown Road in Bath is closed in both directions at the George Street junction because of snow.
9.05am: First suspends a number of bus services in Bath.
8.50am: Broken down car on the M4 between Chippenham and Swindon has been cleared.
8.45am: A broken down lorry has blocked one lane of the M4 eastbound between Bristol and Bath.
8.32am: Avon and Somerset Police advise motorists to stay off the roads.
8.28am: Now an accident is causing problems on the junction 18 slip road.
8.25am: Delays and hazardous driving conditions reported near Bath at junction 18 on the M4.
8.17am: Brassknocker Hill and Dunkerton Hill impassable.
8.14am: An accident has partially blocked the slip road at junction 18 of the M4 near Bath.
8.10am: Snow and restrictions on the M48 Severn Bridge.
8.06am: A bus stuck in snow has blocked Westwells Road in Corsham near Park Lane.
8.04:am: First in Bath said most bus services were operating.
"Some are terminating early and the suspicion is that Service 18 will be unable to serve Bathwick Hill but we will update this information later this morning.
"Some rural routes have been suspended because roads are not passable in places."
8.00am: A vehicle stuck on Dunkerton Hill is blocking the route although Bath and North East Somerset Council gritters are on their way to try and free the vehicle.
7.56am: @BathCommunityAC tweeted: "Bath Community Academy is closed due to the number of staff unable to safely reach the building."
7.50am: London Road in Chippenham is closed near the Hardens Mead junction because of ice.
7.46am: An accdent on the A46 at Upper Swainswick.
7.44am: Reports that no flights can take-off or land at Bristol International Airport.
7.40am: A jacknifed lorry has partially blocked the A4 in Beckhampton.
7.38am: Heavy traffic on the M4 in both directions between Bath and Swindon because of snow.
7.35am: Bath Racecourse @BathRacecourse
tweeted: "Please note the racecourse is shut & inaccessible to the public. Please do not attempt to visit the site as your car is likely to get stuck!"
7.30am: Bristol International Airport is open but said some disruption to flights is expected.
7.15am: The A37 Wells Road in Keynsham is closed in both directions between West Town Lane and Priory Road by an accident involving a lorry.
7.08am: Treacherous driving conditions on A367 from Radstock and Peasedown St John to Bath and the A362 to Frome.
7.05am: Snow closes M4 in South Wales in both directions.
6.55am: B&NES Council tweeted: "Gritters have been out all night doing a tough job."
6.42am: All lanes re-opened on the Second Severn Crossing.
6.40am: Reports of accident on A46 Bath Road at B4465.
6.31am: Ice has closed London Road in Chippenham.
6.30am: An accident has blocked Kelston Road in Keynsham at the Charlton Road junction.
6.22am: BBC weatherman Ian Fergusson @fergieweather tweeted: "Snow forecast to continue through morning. Some disruption expected. Please contact your airline to check flight status."
6.20am: 6.39 from train from Chippenham to Bath delayed.
6,15am: First Great Western train services are running this morning. The 6.54 to Swansea is delayed.
6.10am: No South West trains running through Bath Spa, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury stations today.
6am update: One lane is blocked on the M4 Second Severn Crossing eastbound by an accident.
The A303 in closed in both directions near Newcott in Devon.
Avon and Somerset Police warned of hazardous driving conditions in South Wales because of snow.
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Comments
by wheelie_bin
Sunday, January 20 2013, 7:53AM
“I'm old enough to remember the winters in the sixties - and as kids we didn't clear people paths and the older people were just as grumpy as we've become.
I did wonder as I appeared to miss the reason for re-iterating the word pratt, thought it was a bit harsh for 4 snow tyres even if it wasn't the same person.
It is much better to get out and do something rather that sit inside looking out wondering why kids of today and the council don't do it for you.
Right I'm off to clear some snow as it clearly isn't going to thaw sometime soon.”
by tomsjan
Saturday, January 19 2013, 3:58PM
“Well someone else obviously didn't appreciate his previous comment to which I referred either as it has gone. And it is nothing to do with being "holier than thou" ..... it is to do with the total lack of community spirit prevalent these days as was just demonstrated by my neighbour. He has cleared his drive to get his van out and piled the snow in the middle of the pavement! Brilliant!! With a little more of a swing he could have got it either onto the grass verge or onto his front lawn just like I did - common sense really - and he is 20 years younger!”
by wheelie_bin
Saturday, January 19 2013, 3:38PM
“I'm not sure whether I prefer the "pratt" or the "holier than thou" At least the pratt has a sense of humour.”
by tomsjan
Saturday, January 19 2013, 10:54AM
“Still being a prat then? You strike me as the selfish type who sits indoors and watches TV while the elderly and infirm are left to struggle. For the last 2 generations the local kids have cleared the pavements, made driving tracks in the road and gone shopping for older people. The current generation of kids are too busy on their computers, pop out for a quick game of snowballs and think of nobody else. If they got together they could have a couple of tracks cleared up the street in about an hour, but the devil will be going to work on ice skates before that happens! We have several elderly people, two of 98, at the top end of the cul-de-sac who rely on visitors, family and carers throughout the day. Our street, like many others, will not be touched by the Council, doesn't get enough traffic bringing salt in off the main road to free it up but just enough to pack it down tight. We are on top of the hill and our 6 inches is 15 cm - 4 cm more than was reported on Exmoor on the news last night. In Keynsham when we had 5.5 inches they only had 3.5 and most of the decision makers that are in Keynsham don't realise how much worse it gets on all the streets at higher level. The only streets that get treated are the bus routes, leaving the rest of the population to struggle. My much-maligned ruler is now showing 5 inches, which means that it has compacted overnight and there is now an inch of ice below the snow, which makes clearing it and walking on it much more difficult. We know our rubbish won't go anywhere on Monday and we didn't get mail yesterday. And yes we have seen snow before - in 1963 we saw lots of it - but in those days people lived close enough to work and school so everyone go on with it instead of grinding to a halt!”
by torlew
Friday, January 18 2013, 1:53PM
“For sale 4 used snow tyres on rims.Best offer”
by tomsjan
Friday, January 18 2013, 12:21PM
“12. 15 - ruler now at 6 inches and nothing falling. Only "traffic" up here has been a 4WD and a van who became stuck and slid all over the place but had a pair of those removable snow socks which he fitted to the front wheels. I have to say they were impressive - he got moving in a straight line, turned it and went on his way. Our cul-de-sac will be fun for a few days and the grit bin promised years ago by the council never did materialise so I guess we will be sliding around for a good while yet.”
by tomsjan
Friday, January 18 2013, 10:27AM
“Who is this prat???
At 10 am I put a ruler in my patio table on Odd Down and it measured exactly 5 inches. In 25 minutes it has gone up to 5.5 inches and it is still chucking down.”
by Imp-Act
Friday, January 18 2013, 10:21AM
“Thank god for the kind folk in choosing the nice hot 'RED ARROWS'! Gather round and take warmththth!
NEWS FLASH...... Man burried up to his shoe lace's on the London Road (left of above pic)stop
. . . . . . NEWS FLASH......... SNOW WOT! I GOTTA GO NOW! I WILL THAW SOON!”
by Imp-Act
Friday, January 18 2013, 9:38AM
“STAR DATE 2013 JAN 18 FRIDAY ------ BATH CITY ENGLAND EARTH
SOS! Our time is now limited. We are under attack from a white fluffy alian colony that are landing in droves. They are freezing our a**es off with an invisible force. As I type this urgent message my very fingers are turning blue with cold and struggling to move. URGENT REPORTS are slowly getting in of sheer hell out THERE! stop.
A picture just sent in of a bus being attacked and ALL the passenger have either fled or have been taken by this, this THING!!!! Another of a whole HILL being attacked! It seems helpless to stop it and is on a very slippery slope to oblivian! stop.
Am running out of time... Please t t t teell m m m my___________________________________”
by Imp-Act
Friday, January 18 2013, 9:18AM
“HOW can this be happening right smack in the middle of WINTER??????????????? Dear god/s save us from this white peril! We are ALL truly sorry for slinging out that plastic and killing off that horse for the burgers and heating up grannies water bottle that then heated up the earth or whatever it was we did. JUST MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOP!”