Difficult road conditions for jultrafikanterna in the east – queues on E4

Saturday is one of the year's biggest trafikdagar. Even a bit into the afternoon seems to christmas traffic, however, the float and has not been affected by the particular many accidents or other problems.

– It is relatively good for the conditions, " says Camilla Hult, press office at the Swedish transport administration.

during the day has been a lastbilsolycka on E4 in Örkelljunga in southern sweden. The road has been shut down in both directions in the virtually the whole day, and the traffic led on to a small road from Skånes Fagerhult to the junction Örkelljunga.

the Swedish transport administration's forecast for when the Europavägen can be open again has been pushed forward several times. The end-time comes in the late afternoon is 18.00.

A collision between three taxis in a different part of the E4 motorway outside Upplands Väsby, caused problems on Saturday morning, but the situation was resolved soon.

And on the E4 highway north of Gävle reels the traffic slow, " says Camilla Hult.

– Generally there is a lot of traffic on the roads today, so you should take plenty of time.

undramatic in the country for the moment. An exception is the Upland and the south-east Norrland, where it is snowing, in some places quite profusely. SMHI has issued a class 1 warning for snowfall for Gävleborg and Uppland coastal areas.

because of The powder snow is the road conditions in the afternoon difficult on road 55 between Enköping and Uppsala. Equally problematic is on route 51 between Sköllersta and Ljusfallshammar, where because of ishalka.

Severe road conditions is also on the roads in the south of Västerbotten coast. Here, the focus is on both powder as snöhalka and ishalka. Earlier in the day, it was problematic on the north island of Gotland, where the roads were icy.

without major delays, with one exception: a signal failure between Hjärup and Sea causing delays on the southern main line.

– It is not an end, but the trains run slowly between Lund and Malmö, " says Camilla Hult.

Signalfelet is believed to be remedied at 17.30.