TRAIN passengers should expect severe delays this morning between Southampton and London Waterloo.

Signalling problems at Earlsfield in London blocked all lines earlier and although they have been re-opened, disruption is set to continue until around 12noon.

A spokesman for South West Trains said: “Earlier major signalling problems this morning between Earlsfield and Wimbledon meant we were unable to run trains and. Our engineers have fixed the fault however and been able to restore all signalling power to all lines.

“However we are running a limited amount of service at present, we are working to restore our normal train service and we are formulating a train service plan which will be communicated as soon as it available.

he added: "We are advising passengers not to travel beyond Woking to London as we cannot guarantee a train service this morning.”