Serious alterations on train routes in South

Passengers travelling in the South are being told to expect major disruption until the end of the day.

South West Trains going to and from Waterloo have been affected by an earlier fire at Vauxhall station.

Services to Reading are reduced, while trains from Waterloo to Windsor are cancelled. The route between Portsmouth and London has also been seriously altered.

Train services running through Vauxhall may be cancelled or delayed by up to 90 minutes. Disruption is expected until tomorrow morning and stations are likely to be very busy this evening.

Here is a list of all disruptions and changes in the South:

• London Waterloo to Reading will run a reduced service may terminate at Clapham Junction
• London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside will not run in both directions.
• London Waterloo to Portsmouth stations via Guildford will start from Guildford (no train Waterloo to Guildford)
• London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke will start and terminate at Basingstoke (no train Waterloo to Basingstoke)
• London Waterloo to Haslemere services will not run
• Stopping services between Basingstoke and London Waterloo, and Alton and London Waterloo, will only run between Basingstoke/Alton and Woking
• London Waterloo to Poole and Weymouth services will call at Clapham Junction, Woking and Basingstoke in both directions
• London Waterloo and Woking stopping services will now run to Guildford
• A train shuttle is running between Staines and Windsor in both directions where possible.
• London Waterloo to Salisbury and Exeter st Davids will now run as booked in both directions
• Replacement buses replace trains between Staines and Reading.

Tickets can be used on Great Western Railway via any reasonable route Southern Railway between Dorking/Epsom/Clapham Junction and London Victoria, London Buses on all reasonable routes, London Underground, Overground and Tramlink.

Tickets can also be used on Stagecoach buses 46, 70, 71 and 72 in the Guildford area and on Stagecoach bus Gold 1 between Aldershot and Farnborough.