It was reported in the early hours of today

Emergency services were scrambled to the railway line earlier this morning following an ‘incident’.

Southern Rail reported that services were delayed between Portsmouth & Southsea and Havant stations at 5.12am (June 20). They advised passengers to allow extra time for their journeys.

In a statement on X, the railway company said: “Services are being delayed between Portsmouth & Southsea and Havant due to the emergency services dealing with an incident. We recommend allowing extra time to travel.”

Southern Rail said the lines were reopened shortly afterwards and were “working on recovering the scheduled service”. They added that trains were delayed by up to 20 minutes.

British Transport Police and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have been approached for more details.