Southern Rail 'heavily impacted' after power cut
The operator is advising passengers not to travel in parts of West Sussex
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Southern Rail services have been "heavily impacted" after a major electricity supply failure.
The train operator is advising passengers not to travel between Horsham, Barnham and Worthing.
Services between London Victoria and parts of West Sussex and Hampshire are also reduced.
Southern Rail said customers could use tickets with no extra cost on Stagecoach, SouthWestern and Great Western services.
Posting on X, external, Southern said "There will be a heavily impacted service between London Victoria, Havant and Brighton this morning due to major electricity supply failure."
It added services between Brighton and Worthing were "very reduced", with no service westwards to and from Barnham and Havant.
Services between London Victoria and Pulborough are also reduced, with no service to and from Pulborough.
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Stations in Amberley, Arundel, Ford, Littlehampton, Angmering, Goring-by-Sea and Durrington-on-Sea do not have a service.
The operator said it had requested bus replacements "to aid where possible" but they were not yet in place.
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