CHAOS hit train services t from Fratton station tonight as the transport problems which have plagued the south coast over the past few days mounted up.
Passengers reported massive delays on the line between Havant and Fratton with the twenty minute journey taking around two hours.
Disgruntled passenger Nik Codling left a twitter message at 7pm saying: “Stuck on a train from Havant to Fratton since 5pm, I could have cycled to the harbour by now.”
Fellow traveller Joel Groney said: “I left Fratton, London bound at 5.20, it’s now 7:50 and I’m stuck outside of Gatwick.”
At the same time the National Rail Enquiries help-line reported that most services had returned to normal except in parts of Scotland and the North of England, and stated that in particular Southern, South West Trains and South Eastern had all returned to a normal service.
A\message on the Southern Rail website also stated: ‘Train services between Chichester and Cosham are being disrupted due to signaling problems in the Hilsea area.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected.’
A spokesman for Southern Rail announced that they plan to run a normal service on Tuesday December 7, but that the damaging effect of the recent weather conditions on the train fleet means that some train carriages will not be available for use.
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