Londoners urged not to travel on Monday and Tuesday because of high temperatures | UK weather

An incoming excessive heatwave has triggered warnings in London towards travelling on Monday and Tuesday.

The excessive temperatures are anticipated to peak on Tuesday, with an 80% likelihood of the mercury topping the UK’s report temperature of 38.7C (101.7F) set in Cambridge in 2019.

Transport for London (TfL) is advising passengers to solely journey for “important journeys”.

The agency’s chief working officer, Andy Lord, mentioned: “Because of the exceptionally sizzling climate that’s anticipated subsequent week, clients ought to solely use London’s transport community for important journeys.

“If clients do have to journey, they need to test earlier than they journey as we predict there to be some affect to tube and rail providers on account of short-term pace restrictions we might want to introduce to maintain everybody secure,” he added.

“It’s also very important that clients all the time carry water always with them when travelling.”

The Met Workplace has issued an amber warning for warmth protecting a lot of England and Wales from Sunday till Tuesday.

There’s a 50% likelihood of temperatures reaching 40C someplace within the UK, probably alongside the A1 hall, with the Met Workplace additionally issuing its first pink warning for excessive warmth.

Extremely popular temperatures can have an effect on rails, overhead energy traces and signalling gear, with TfL saying it will work exhausting to maintain as many providers operating as doable utilizing “enhanced” inspections to mitigate the affect of the intense climate.

Monitor temperature checks will proceed to be carried out repeatedly throughout the tube and rail networks to make sure they continue to be secure and that the observe isn’t vulnerable to bending or buckling, TfL mentioned in an announcement.

It added it was additionally inspecting the air con models on the trains that cowl 40% of the tube community, the trains on the Elizabeth Line and London Overground in addition to the air cooling models on double-deck buses to make sure they have been functioning nicely.

TfL additionally has response groups standing by on its rail and street community to take care of any points as they happen, with a selected give attention to stalled trains and occasions, crowding and buyer recommendation.