The number of commuter journeys dropped this week compared with three weeks ago, with rush-hour congestion in London 22 per cent lower yesterday than on the last week of November.
Railway bosses confirmed damage had been done to the overhead wires, with operator Northern issuing a do not travel alert to passengers tonight due to multiple weather-related incidents .
A major incident has been declared in London amid huge concern at the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the capital, but revellers across the country are still heading out.