Southampton rail passengers faced travel disruption this morning after a tree fell on the railway line.
The incident happened between Swanwick and Fareham.
Passengers at Southampton Central and Fareham faced delays to their journey as emergency crews worked to remove the tree from the line.
Altering passengers through X, formerly known as Twitter, Southern Rail said it had been altered to a tree on the line at around 7:10am.
⚠️ We have been advised that there is a tree on the line between Swanwick and Fareham.
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) February 8, 2024
ℹ️ More information to follow. 👇
Stations at Southampton Central, Bitterne, Woolston, Sholing, Netley, Hamble, Bursledon and Swanwick all faced delays.
The company also said that passengers should allow an extra 30 minutes to their travel time.
The tree was moved by 7.40am, and by 9.15am the trains were back to normal.
A spokesperson from Southern Rail said: "We apologise to passengers that owing to a tree falling onto the track between Swanwick and Fareham at around 6.30am.
"A number of Southern, South Western and Great Western services were disrupted significantly.
"Network Rail engineers cleared the line and normal running was resumed within an hour.
"Any Southern customer whose journey was delayed by 15 minutes or more can claim Delay Repay compensation from the Southern website ."
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