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Fratton train derailment: Live updates as long delays on trains from Portsmouth expected this morning after derailment

By Fiona Callingham

Published 5th Aug 2021, 09:21 BST

Updated 5th Aug 2021, 14:57 BST

COMMUTERS can expect long delays and cancellations on the trains today after carriages derailed at Fratton today.

Disruptions to services between Portsmouth, Brighton and Southampton are expected until 6pm tonight after the incident took place at a depot in the early hours of this morning.

South Western Railway has said fewer trains will be running as the train has blocked some rail lines.

One witness told The News there was a ‘loud grinding noise’ at around 1.30am as the train came off the track.

A train has derailed at Fratton railway station in Portsmouth on August 5, 2021. Picture: Habibur Rahman

placeholder image — A train has derailed at Fratton railway station in Portsmouth on August 5, 2021. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Passengers are told to expect cancellations and changes to the timetable.

Train tickets can be used Stagecoach buses 23 between Portsmouth Harbour and Havant and 70/71/72 between Guildford and Haslemere for no extra charge.

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