Dozens of schools in Northern Ireland are closed as snow and ice hit Northern Ireland for a second day.
Most of the schools affected are in the North West, including primary and secondary schools in Londonderry, Limavady and Strabane.
Police said driving conditions across Northern Ireland remain dangerous due to the snow and freezing temperatures.
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been extended through Thursday noon.
Translink advises passengers to expect some service disruptions across Northern Ireland.
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The morning bus services in Derry, Coleraine, Belfast, Dungannon, Castlewellan, Larne and Antrim are among those affected. There are no major disruptions to train services, Translink added.
It has urged commuters to check online for updates.
Translink also said access to a park and ride in Newry, County Down, is restricted after an overhead barrier was damaged in an accident.
Derry City and Strabane Borough Council said he also expects some disruption to his services on Wednesday.
With the weather warning in place until Thursday, rain and hail showers are expected along the coast on Wednesday, with sleet and snow mainly inland.
The Met Office warns a further 2-5cm of snow could fall over slightly higher ground, but ice is expected to be the main hazard as temperatures dip below freezing in many areas on Wednesday evening.
Raymond Barr, an independent councilor with Derry City and Strabane District Council, told BBC Radio Foyle driving early on Wednesday was challenging.
He made the journey to Strabane on Derry’s main street before 07:00 GMT.
“It’s passable but dangerous at times, but back roads are treacherous.”
Mr Barr said he had been inundated with complaints from people in the North West about the lack of gritting on the road network
The Department of Infrastructure (DfI) announced that on Tuesday evening and again overnight in the early hours of Wednesday morning salting had been carried out in the “entire line network”.
Road maintenance engineer Peter McParland told BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster program it had been another “very busy night” for his winter maintenance crews.
He said “many of the drivers faced heavy snow showers on their routes”.
“They have been working in shifts almost non-stop for the last few days to try to keep the main road network open and passable in many areas, but it is fair to say the situation remains difficult and road temperatures are currently below freezing almost everywhere .”
He said that despite the service’s best efforts, “there is no guarantee that roads will be clear of snow and ice at all times.”
Anyone who has to travel on Wednesday should “allow plenty of time for the journey and drive extremely carefully”.
He said drivers should be “extremely cautious” on the rural road network, which has not been treated.
“The snow may be heaviest in the north, but it’s still very icy in the south of the province and in the west anyway, so everyone please take extra care if you have to travel,” he said.
Louise Coyle, from the Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network, lives outside Cookstown, County Tyrone – she said it was a “winter wonderland” on Wednesday morning but the road conditions on Tuesday were “absolutely treacherous”.
“It’s very clear it’s been a while since we’ve all had to think about how we drive when it’s snowy and a lot of cars have been abandoned – there was a certain hill I had to drive up and the four Cars in front of me couldn’t get up that hill and had to abandon their cars and vans.
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