Commuters jammed into shorter trains vented their fury at South West Trains via Twitter this morning.

@JonLight2 tweeted: "0816 from Feltham. 5 carriages! 5! Why do you provide such an awful service! The train is rammed with 6 stops to go!idiots!"

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Peter Parkin also had a message for the rail operator and said: "dozens left on platform at Whitton, short form keeps happening despite promises to the contrary! Why?"

South West Trains aplogised to the many frustrated passengers and said: "Sorry for this- due to more trains than normal needing maintenance today we have less trains available than normal."