No direct train services will run from Weymouth to London Waterloo today as a major landslip in Hampshire continues to cause travel chaos.

South Western Railway (SWR) has been urging customers travelling to and from Weymouth to avoid doing so due to the incident over the weekend. 

When trains reach Basingstoke from the Dorset town, a 'limited shuttle service' will be running to Woking to connect with trains towards the capital.

Today (Tuesday) there will be no through trains to London Waterloo from several stations in the south west including Weymouth, Exeter, Salisbury and Bournemouth.

Services from Weymouth to Waterloo will terminate at Basingstoke and then run back to Weymouth, SWR said.

The train operator added it will be working with Network Rail to add to the limited timetable if possible in the coming days.

But 'given the scale and complexity of the infrastructure works' at the landslip location of Hook, customers are urged to continue checking before they travel.

Sunday’s landslip was one of 11 separate incidents that affected services on the railway into Monday.

This included major flooding in the Sway area, which added to disruption on already revised services between Weymouth and London Waterloo.

Claire Mann, managing director at South Western Railway, said: "We are deeply sorry for the significant disruption felt by customers across our network on Monday.

"What began as a major landslip at Hook was then compounded by 10 separate weather-related infrastructure failures, which have made planning and delivering a reliable train service across our network very difficult.

“We are working hard to provide a service that our customers can rely upon and unfortunately, we will be unable to run through services from Weymouth to London Waterloo from Tuesday.

"An extremely limited number of services will be able to run between Basingstoke and Woking, but we are asking customers to avoid travelling through the affected area if they can.

“With the repairs at Hook set to take at least a week to complete it is likely that further service alterations will need to be made.

"We are sorry for the ongoing disruption caused by the landslip and will communicate any changes to our customers as soon as possible.”

People should check www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey for the latest information on train services.