A global IT outage has lead to disruption across the world this morning (Friday, July 19), with Reading train station among the organisations affected. 

This morning saw minimal disruption to services from the station - but the station's barriers are not accepting digital and scanned tickets. 

This means any passengers with a ticket on their phone or a printed QR code will need to be let through the barriers by a staff member. 

The station's barriers are still accepting printed tickets from ticket machines. 

Staff onsite apologised for the disruption and indicted that they had not been notified when the issue was expected to be resolved. 

It comes as some of the largest train companies in the UK have been hit with a variety of issues due to the IT outage. 

Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Great Northern, and South Western Railways are among those affected. 

In a statement, a spokesperson for South Western Railways said some retail systems an ticket machines at stations were 'down' - but train services are 'running well' as of this morning.  

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The spokesperson added: "The global IT issues are having an impact on some of our customer facing systems, but our train services are currently running well.

"Some retail systems and ticket machines at stations are down, but customers can still buy tickets on our website or app.

"We're sorry for the inconvenience and ask customers to check their journeys on our website and social channels as we work to resolve the issues caused by this global outage."

Great Western Railway said its trains are running as normal, but there have been problems with ticket issuing and on-screen customer information.

You can find out how the IT outage is affecting services across Berkshire on our Reading Chronicle live blog.