Residual disruption at Southampton Central expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

CrossCountry services between Birmingham New Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Nottingham and Bournemouth

Great Western Railway services between Bristol Temple Meads / Cardiff Central / Westbury and Portsmouth Harbour, also between Bristol Temple Meads / Gloucester and Southampton Central

South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Bournemouth / Poole / Southampton Central / Weymouth, between Winchester and Bournemouth / Poole, between Fareham / Portsmouth & Southsea / Portsmouth Harbour / Winchester and Southampton Central, also between Salisbury and Romsey

Southern services between Brighton / Littlehampton and Southampton Central

Description

A speed restriction over defective track in the Southampton Central area means fewer trains are able to run. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 15 minutes or revised.

A visual disruption map video is now available.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

South Western Railway customer advice:

If you need any help with your journey, please speak to a member of staff or use a station help point.

If you would prefer to use local buses to continue your journey please check Traveline. South Western Railway tickets are not valid on local buses unless stated above.

Southern customer advice:

Please check station screens and planners for the latest information. You may have to change trains more than usual, or use an alternative route to complete your journey.

Service changes

There will be a reduced service to Southampton until the end of day, with the following service changes in place:

• An hourly service will run between Brighton and Southampton, departing Brighton at xx:43 minutes past the hour.

• An hourly service will run between Southampton and Brighton, departing Southampton at xx:50 minutes past the hour.

Other services that that normally run between Brighton and Southampton have been running between Brighton and Portsmouth Harbour, or between Brighton and Bognor Regis instead.

Ticket acceptance

Your ticket will be accepted on the following, at no extra cost:

• Alternative Southern services on any reasonable route

• Great Western Railway between Portsmouth and Southampton

• South Western Railway between Portsmouth and Southampton, and between Clapham Junction and Southampton

• Thameslink between Brighton and East Croydon

Planning your journey:

You can see the live departure boards, and view a live map of the network.

You can also view an alternative route guide.

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

Can you tell me more about the incident?

A cracked rail has been found on one of the lines in the Southampton area. There will be a reduced service to and from Southampton with those trains that do run picking up delays. Southern have had to terminate their services away from the area to help reduce the congestion expected.

There has been a report of an issue with the track in the Southampton area. Network Rail's engineers have attended and found a crack in one of the rails. Until this is repaired there is a need to reduce the number of services running over the track, and keep their speed down to a minimum. To alleviate congestion, and disruption, Southern trains have been stopped from running both ways through this part of the network.

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.