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Thursday and Friday to be the busiest day, when millions leave work early, despite a mild climate will help the congestion

The great Christmas getaway began in earnest on Thursday, with millions of people expected on the road and rail network of the holiday season -. Or to escape the UK for hot climates

with schools for the year ended, and many workers to take days off to get out earlier, the AA said it is waiting for 18m cars take to the road during the holidays . Travel times on major routes is likely to double on Thursday and Friday, he said.

A spokesman said yesterday: .. "Today and tomorrow will be the two busiest days, however, because it is a normal working day, we expect to Friday for lunch and dinner to be very busy

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"Many take half a day or employers in the exercise of good will for people to leave earlier. There will be an evening rush hour on Friday night is going well beyond 20: 00 and will be a surplus on Christmas Eve with people leaving early Saturday "

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, extremely cold weather has changed the travel plans of individuals. "Because the climate is milder than we expect it to be softer, but there will be more leisure traffic," he added. The AA urged people to be well prepared before departure.

a total of 4.25 million Britons are due to travel abroad between December 16 and January 3, against just under four million for the holiday season in 2010/11.

This year about 1.7 million passengers leave from Heathrow, Stansted 425,000, 750,000 and 210,000 from Gatwick to Luton.

340 000 Other off from Manchester Airport, Birmingham and Glasgow from 120,000 to 165,000, while thousands will cross the canal, or travel through the Channel Tunnel.

the most popular destinations from London Heathrow at Christmas are in New York, Dubai, Dublin, Amsterdam and Paris. Other highlights include the Canary Islands, Cuba and Mexico.

For those heading to the mainland, there was misery on Thursday as a 24-hour strike by Belgian workers meant Eurostar trains from London to Brussels was forced to and from Lille. Services in Paris functioned normally and were not affected by the strike.

On the roads, should be to break the heavy traffic on major roads including the M1 motorway in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, the M4 between London and Newbury in Berkshire, the M25 around London and the M4 and M5 in the west.

The Highways Agency, which is responsible for motorways and major A-roads of England, said it intends to perform more than 500 kilometers of road before Christmas, while more than 60 Miles will be suspended from Friday until January 3.

"The Trafford Centre has been busy in recent days and no sign of letting up as we enter the final stretch," said Gordon McKinnon, director of operations.

"The fact that there is a week before Christmas this year with the desire of people to keep your money for as long as possible makes this year's peak more intense and I hope it will continue straight until closing at 18:00 on Christmas Eve getaway or -. Everyone wants a bargain this year and then after Christmas sales will be huge "

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