Southern rail and Thameslink companies suffered a “major signalling fault” – which means some commuters are going through practice delays and cancellations this morning.
At round 4am on Monday, each Southern rail and Thameslink warned their clients that they had suffered a “major signalling fault” on their networks and “no trains” could be operating till additional discover.
Passengers have been warned “do not travel”.
By 7am, some companies had resumed – nonetheless, Gatwick Express trains should not operating, and all companies between Littlehampton and London Victoria have been cancelled.
The disruption is anticipated to final till noon.
Reduced companies are working between Three Bridges and Brighton, and Brighton and Chichester. Passengers on these routes have been requested to delay journey till later or permit “at least” an additional 60 minutes for journeys.
Queuing programs could also be in place at some stations and companies that are operating are more likely to be “extremely busy,” Southern has warned.
The firm has supplied an inventory of different companies clients can use their Southern tickets to journey on, together with buses.
Thameslink resumed regular service on a lot of its traces, nonetheless, trains should not operating between Cambridge and Brighton.
Passengers who have been desiring to journey on this route can use their tickets on Great Northern trains between Cambridge and London, and any different Southern or Thameslink service from London to Brighton.
At round 8.30am, they introduced that companies between London Bridge and Charlton are additionally disrupted.
These will both be cancelled or run by way of an alternate route till noon. As a outcome, Thameslink trains is not going to cease at Deptford, Greenwich, Maze Hill or Westcombe Park.
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The main signalling fault hit all routes between London and the South Coast within the early hours of Monday morning, Southern rail stated.
While the fault was largely rectified by 7am, Southern have been nonetheless coping with factors failures at Haywards Heath, and between Preston Park and Hove.
Source: information.sky.com”