A faulty signal at a train station led to delays for commuters yesterday.

One coastal service was partly cancelled and others were delayed after a signal failed on platform three at Brighton station.

Trains running to and from Brighton on the routes between Seaford and Littlehampton were affected by the problem.

A spokesperson for South Central trains said: "The signal at the end of platform three broke at about 6am.

"There was a train stuck on the platform and other services were affected until around 10.30am."

Railtrack confirmed there had been a "technical signalling problem" at the station but downplayed the incident.

A spokesperson said one train had to be re-routed but insisted the signal fault only caused minor delays for passengers.