TRAINS to and from Southampton Central have been cancelled due to the extreme heat.

Southern Railway has announced that trains between Southampton and Fratton are disrupted until 9pm tonight.

From midday, the company is not running trains to or from Southampton Central until later tonight.

A speed restriction has been put in place due to the extreme weather between Fareham and Southampton Central.

The speed restriction has been implemented by Network Rail in a bid to prevent any incidents which might cause significant disruption.

Southern have amended their service to start and terminate at locations before the restrictions.

This could delay journeys by one hour.

Trains from London Victoria to Southampton Central will run to Bognor Regis only in both directions.

The Southern Railway website says: "If you're travelling from London, change at Barnham for a service to Havant (towards Portsmouth Harbour), changing once more for South Western Railway services towards Southampton Central.

"If you're travelling from Southampton Central, change at Havant for a Southern service to Barnham, changing once more for a service towards London.

"You can also travel directly to London Waterloo from Southampton Central if you prefer, using TfL tube services to move about between London Waterloo and London Victoria."

Customers with a Southern Rail ticket will be able to use their tickets at no extra cost on South Western Rail, Great Western Rail and London Underground.

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