Commuters are facing delays to their route home after two incidents on the lines.

Southern Rail are reporting delays of around ten minutes on trains north of Gatwick Airport due to reports of someone trespassing on the line.

National Rail say that delays could be as much as 45 minutes and can be expected to continue until 7.45pm this evening.

Trains to Brighton, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill are affected.

There are also delays of up to 20 minutes on trains from Littlehampton due to a signalling error.