Travel warning for Brits heading to major UK airport with trains cancelled due to trackside fire
TRAINS to a major UK airport are experiencing major delays or have been cancelled due to a fire near the track.
Anyone travelling to the London Stansted Airport today has been warned of the disruption.
Greater Anglia, which operates the Stansted Express, has been forced to cancel many of its trains this morning.
A fire that broke out between Cambridge Heath and London Fields has damaged signalling equipment causing delays on the tracks.
On X, Greater Anglia issued a travel warning. It explained: “A fire next to the track yesterday, between Cambridge Heath and London Fields, has damaged signalling equipment.
“Trains are unable to run between London Liverpool Street and Hackney Downs. Network Rail engineers are working on replacing the damaged signalling cables as quickly as possible.”
The routes affected include:
- London Liverpool Street to and from Stansted Airport
- London Liverpool Street to and from Cambridge North London
- Liverpool Street to and from Hertford East Service
Tickets are being accepted at no extra cost on other lines such as the London Overground Mildmay Line between Stratford and Hackney Central.
They are also being taken between Kings Cross and Cambridge and Moorgate and Hertford North, and between Liverpool Street and Kings Cross with London Underground.
On the Stansted Express website, most trains from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport have been cancelled up until midday.
Those scheduled are expected to be delayed.
The majority of services from Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport have also either been either delayed or cancelled.
Only one route from Stratford to Stansted Airport shows as ‘on time’ before midday with at least four services being cancelled.