Rail passengers in Surrey and west London are being told to expect more delays and cancellations on Tuesday morning (December 12).

A line side fire near London Waterloo wreaked havoc across the South Western Railway (SWR) network on Monday (December 11) and resulted in dozens of cancellations .

The train operating company on Tuesday morning reported ongoing major disruption across all of its routes, which are forecast to continue until at least 10am.

In a statement, it said: "Yesterday, a line-side fire outside London Waterloo caused damage to the signalling system (December 11)."

SWR continued: "This led to track circuit failures on three of the main lines to and from London Waterloo, which are the parts of the signalling system that monitor the presence of trains on sections of track, and for a period of time we were unable to use platforms 1-9.

"This caused large amounts of delays, and many alterations and cancellations were made across the network to manage the overall service.

"Network Rail engineering staff enabled platforms 2-9 at London Waterloo to return to normal working, and have worked overnight to bring platform 1 back into working order.

"While this helped to manage the overall service, there is a large amount of trains which are not in the right place for the start of service, resulting in alterations to some services today.

Major delays at London Waterloo following line side fire on Monday (December 11)

"Trains may be cancelled, delayed, altered at short notice or have fewer carriages than normal as a result. We advise you to check before you travel.

"If you you were unable to travel yesterday you may use your rail ticket today - the same ticket restrictions will apply.

"If you require assistance with your journey please speak to a member of staff or use a help point at a station. We are sorry the disruption to your journey yesterday and this morning."

The cause of the line side fire, which caught 650 volt cables, is currently under investigation.

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