Frantic Friday begins! Bank Holiday travellers face long wait to get into airport with queue snaking back to the car park as up to 16 million set to hit the roads for long weekend getaways

Bank Holiday travellers looking to get away this weekend have been hit with long queues and travel delays as 'Frantic Friday' begins. 

Pictures show holidaymakers facing a long wait to get into Manchester Airport today with a queue that snaked all the way back to the car park. 

Passengers were left stranded outside Terminal 1 following reports of baggage issues at the airport. 

It comes as 16 million people in the UK were also set to hit the roads today for their long weekend getaways. 

Motorists were stuck in lengthy delays on the M4 and the A102(M) Blackwall Tunnel in Greenwich, South East London was also brought to a standstill. 

Train stations have also been packed with passengers this afternoon with Kings Cross Station being particularly busy. 

It comes as train passengers have been told to prepare for severe disruption this weekend and into next week as ongoing engineering work coincides with industrial action. 

Network Rail said it has 487 projects planned between Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday. 

On Sunday, no trains will run between London Euston and Milton Keynes, or between Glasgow and England due to engineering works on the West Coast Main Line. 

Train drivers who are members of the Aslef union are due to start a six-day overtime ban on Monday which is expected to cause short-term cancellations. 

There will also be three one-day strikes across different operators between May 7 and 9.