Trespass incident on railway between West Worthing and Lancing
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In a post on Twitter just before 10pm, Southern Rail said it had been made aware that the emergency services were 'dealing with an incident'.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) confirmed the incident was a 'potential trespass', which the police dealt with 'within 15 minutes of reporting it to us'.
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Southern updated passengers just before 10.10pm, writing: "The disruption between West Worthing and Lancing has now cleared.
"If your journey has been delayed by 15 minutes or more, please use Delay Repay to claim compensation."
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