There's an amber traffic warning for parts of the region as more people than usual begin their Christmas getaways by road due to disruption on the rail network.
The M6 in the Birmingham area has been highlighted as a possible hotspot for traffic this Friday and Christmas Eve.
The M6 in the Birmingham and Black Country area has been designated one of the possible hotspots for traffic.Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail will be striking from 6pm on Christmas Eve until 6am on December 27, exacerbating congestion on the roads. Those stoics who still want to travel by train on Christmas Eve are being urged to only travel"if absolutely necessary," as trains across the country will stop running at around 3pm in most locations.On top of congestion on the roads and industrial action on the rail network, around 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union who operate passport booths for Border Force will walk out at airports including Birmingham.
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