Lines reopened: Disruption between Barnham and Havant expected until 20:00

Lines have reopened following a passenger causing a disturbance on a train between Barnham and Havant. As service recovers, trains running between these stations may still be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes.

Disruption is expected until 20:00.

Customer Advice

Passengers have been causing a disturbance on a train at Chichester. As a result, services are disrupted in the direction of Havant.

The line from Chichester towards Havant is now open, but the disruption is causing delays and changes to trains in both directions through the area.

Train services that are affected are:

• Brighton to Southampton Central. These will now terminate/start at either Littlehampton or Barnham
• Portsmouth & Southsea to Littlehampton will now start/terminate at Bognor Regis

Some services will not call at Chichester in the direction of Havant until further notice.

Trains will be held on the approach to the area, terminated before they get to this part of the network, or cancelled.

Your journey is likely to be delayed by at least 30 minutes. You will need to change trains during your journey, or use an alternative option covered with our ticket acceptance.

There is ticket acceptance on the following at no extra cost to yourselves:

 

• South Western Railway services between Portsmouth & Southsea, Havant and London Waterloo
• Stagecoach Buses on the following routes:500 between Chichester, Barnham and Littlehampton700 between Portsmouth, Havant, Chichester, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

 

You'll be able to see any further updates on this page, so please continue to check back here.

Check the live map here to see if your journey has been affected.

To use an alternative route, please see the route maps here.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

At the moment, Southern are working with the emergency services, local staff and colleagues at Network Rail to deal with this. A group of disruptive passengers has are causing disruption at Chichester. Southern are awaiting police to arrive on site.

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.