Lines reopened: major disruption between Hove and Worthing expected until 17:00 

Route(s) affected

Between London Victoria and Littlehampton, and also between Brighton and Bognor Regis / Chichester / Portsmouth & Southsea / Portsmouth Central / Southampton Central

Description

Lines have reopened following an earlier trespass incident in the Lancing area.

As services recover, trains running between Hove and Worthing may continue to be severely delayed by up to 90 minutes, cancelled or revised.

A visual disruption map video is now available.

Major disruption is expected until 17:00.

Customer advice:

Following an earlier trespass incident, services were unable to run in either direction between Hove and Worthing. Services are now on the move again, however significant delays, alterations and cancellations are all still expected.

Work is taking place to return to a scheduled timetable, but please continue to check journey planners and station information boards before you travel. Some trains in the area will still be disrupted, and it is likely that you'll need to take a different train than planned, change trains en route or use an alternative route instead.

Journey times will be extended by at least 30 minutes, so please allow plenty of extra time to account for this.

The following changes have been in place and remain possible whilst teams work to return services to normal:

• Services that run between Brighton and Portsmouth & Southsea have been suspended

• Services that run between Brighton and Chichester have been suspended

• Services that run between London Victoria and Littlehampton have been suspended

• Services that run between Brighton and Southampton have run between Barnham and Southampton only, or have been cancelled

• Where possible, a shuttle service has run in both directions between Brighton and Hove

Ticket acceptance:

Tickets will be accepted for no extra cost on the following alternatives:

• Southern services via any reasonable route including via Horsham

• Gatwick Express and Thameslink services between Brighton, Three Bridges and London

• South Western Railway between Havant / Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central

• The following Brighton & Hove Bus routes:

  • 1 between Brighton, Hove (town), Aldrington (town), Portslade (town) and Fishersgate (station)

  • 1X between Brighton, Hove (town), Portslade (station), Fishersgate (town)

  • 2 between Brighton, Hove (town), Aldrington town), Portslade (close to the station), and Shoreham-by-Sea (station)

  • 3X between Hove, Brighton

  • 5 between Brighton, Hove (town) and Aldrington (station)

  • 6 between Brighton, Hove (town), and Portslade (station)

  • 7 between Brighton and Hove (station)

  • 21 between Brighton and Hove (station)

  • 46 between Brighton, Hove (town), Aldrington (town), Portslade (station), and Southwick (station)

  • 49 between Brighton, Hove (town), and Portslade (station)

• The following Stagecoach Bus routes:

  • 9 between Arundel, Littlehampton, Angmering, Worthing, Lancing, and Shoreham by Sea

  • 700 - Brighton, Hove, Portslade, Shoreham, Lancing, Worthing, West Worthing

  • 701 - Lancing, Worthing, West Worthing, Goring-by-Sea, Littlehampton

  • 11 - Worthing, West Worthing, Goring-by-Sea, Littlehampton

  • 500 between Chichester, Barnham, and Littlehampton

Planning your journey:

You can check your journey using the live departure boards, and you can view a live map of the network.

You can also see an alternative route guide.

If you're travelling in the London area, you can plan journeys on alternative routes by using theTfL Journey Planner.

You can also use the Southern app to find up-to-date information.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Earlier this afternoon, a trespass incident was reported in the Lancing area, and trains were stopped for safety. Emergency services and Network Rail have attended and confirmed that trains can now run again through the area.

Trespassing on the railway is extremely dangerous. Trains run at all times, often without warning, and many areas have high-voltage third rails, steep drops, and other hazards.

It is also illegal, with serious penalties for obstructing the railway.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.