RAIL passengers were hit by delays of up to an hour after a signalling failure.

Cross Country and Great Western Railway services were affected this afternoon due to the fault between Didcot Parkway and Oxford.

Trains between the stations were cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes and revised.

Great Western Railways said in a statement: "Road transport is being procured but due to school runs only a limited service is running.

"Some trains running from Oxford to Reading will call at intermediate stations excluding Didcot Parkway.

"Customers travelling to Didcot from Oxford should circulate via Reading, or use what available Road Transport is in operation."

Disruption lasted until about 5pm when services returned to normal.