London commuters will face an extra round of cancellations and delays following the derailment of a freight train in Lewisham yesterday, January 24.

Two wagons of a 1km-long freight train derailed at Lewisham shortly before 6am yesterday and had engineers at the site by 6.15am.

There were no passengers aboard and no-one was injured in the incident.

There will be no service from Crayford and Sidcup to Charing Cross or Cannon Street, although a limited service will run between Dartford and Sidcup.

Multiple stations have been closed, including Lee, Mottingham and New Eltham and the St Johns, New Cross and Hither Green stations will have limited service.

Services on the Hayes Line won’t be able to stop at Lewisham, St Johns or New Cross.

Trains between Orpington via Grove Park and Cannon Street will not run, but trains will run to and from Charing Cross.

Passengers travelling to Tunbridge Wells will need to travel from Victoria instead of Charing Cross where trains will now depart – those coming into London from Tunbridge Wells will also arrive into Victoria.

Passengers will be able to use their tickets on London bus routes, underground, light railway and overground routes at no extra cost.

Routes delayed by more than 30 minutes or more as a result of this issue will also be able to claim delay repay compensation which will be doubled by Southeastern.

Andy Derbyshire, chief operating officer for Network Rail’s South East route, said: “Our number one priority is to get the freight train moved and passenger services up and running again.

“Once the derailed carriages have been moved, we'll be able to complete our inspections and finalise the repairs needed to the tracks and signalling equipment, including how long the work will take.

“We’re doing everything we can to get this situation sorted quickly and will be working round-the-clock to get services back to normal for passengers.”