Just when we’d said goodbye to Eunince, along comes Franklin who is set to cause problems on local train services today.

South Western Railway is planning to operate services on all routes, but still faces challenging weather conditions as the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Storm Franklin until the end of Monday.

With strong winds forecast, there will be a 50mph speed restriction across the network on Monday to protect the safety of customers and colleagues, causing delays and cancellations to services. SWR also anticipates further line blockages due to fallen trees and strongly advises customers to consider whether their journey is essential before setting off. The company is unable to guarantee replacement travel services will be provided.

Customers should check and re-check their journey before travelling: https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey

Christian Neill, customer experience director for South Western Railway said: “We understand Monday marks the first day back from half term for many and we are sorry for the continuing disruption these storms are causing. It has been an incredibly challenging few days and our teams have been working tirelessly to clear the tracks to safely run as many trains as possible. With more severe weather expected on Monday, we are asking customers to consider whether their journey is essential and make other plans if they can.”

Tickets booked for travel on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be accepted on Tuesday.

Since Friday’s winds of over 90mph, Network Rail have cleared more than 50 fallen trees from the South Western Railway region. With the wind direction expected to change it is very likely that more trees will come down during storm Franklin, having been weakened over the last two days.