EXCLUSIVE: Brits face crippling Christmas commuter hell with journey times expected to treble as 15 million of us take the train over the festive period, when engineering works are scheduled View 3 Images Brits face crippling Christmas commuter hell (Image: Getty Images)

Passengers face one of the worst ever Christmas rail engineering shutdowns - as an unprecedented 32 days of works close main lines and hit 2,500 trains. ‌

It means some journey times will treble as 15 million Brits take the train over the Yuletide fortnight to visit family and friends. ‌

Hundreds of schemes will take place, with Network Rail’s £130 million works spree one of the highest amounts ever spent over a festive season, as over 20,000 rail engineers are called in. ‌

The London-Glasgow west coast

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