Chaos on trains as engineering work adds to strike disruption

Furious passengers have endured hours of delays today after a three-day conductors strike on Southern Rail coincided with overrunning engineering works.

Southern Railway services were already reduced by more than a third because of a three-day walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union.

But the engineering work between Brighton and Gatwick Airport has also meant trains were cancelled or delayed by up to an hour.

Video filmed by ITV News at East Croydon station this morning showed passengers scrambling to get on to any available train. Some commuters told us the situation there was becoming 'dangerous'.

Both sides have blamed each other for the ongoing dispute, which revolves around planned changes to the role of conductors on board trains.