Tree on tracks causes Stansted Express delays and cancellations

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 18:32 · Archive

A fallen tree on railway tracks at Stansted Mountfitchet is causing major delays and cancellations for Stansted Express passengers until 8.15pm on October 23.

A fallen tree has blocked railway tracks at Stansted Mountfitchet, causing major delays and cancellations for Stansted Express passengers. The incident is affecting services until 8.15pm on October 23. Stansted Express has advised customers not to travel between Broxbourne and Stansted Airport until further notice. A spokesman said the tree is also affecting power in the overhead electric wires, and Network Rail response teams will investigate by 6.30pm.

Multiple routes are affected, including Stansted Express services between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport, as well as services to Cambridge North, Broxbourne, Stratford, Bishop's Stortford and Meridian Water. Passengers who cannot postpone their journeys can use their tickets on alternative routes at no extra cost, including the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines between Liverpool Street and Kings Cross St Pancras, and Great Northern services.

For those heading to Stansted Airport, the suggested alternative route involves travelling to Kings Cross St Pancras via the Circle, Hammersmith & City, or Metropolitan lines, then taking a Great Northern service to Cambridge and changing for a train to Stansted Airport. This journey is expected to take up to two hours and thirty minutes.

How it is being reported

• Train passengers told DO NOT TRAVEL due to fallen tree across tracksStansted Express passengers face major delays and cancellations after a tree fell on tracks at Stansted Mountfitchet, with disruption until 8.15pm October 23.Brentwood Guardian · 23 Oct, 18:06
• Train passengers told DO NOT TRAVEL due to fallen tree across tracksStansted Express passengers face major delays and cancellations after a tree fell on tracks at Stansted Mountfitchet, with disruption until 8.15pm October 23.Colchester Gazette · 23 Oct, 18:06
• Train passengers told DO NOT TRAVEL due to fallen tree across tracksStansted Express passengers face major delays and cancellations after a tree fell on tracks at Stansted Mountfitchet, with disruption until 8.15pm October 23.Echo (Basildon) · 23 Oct, 18:06

In this story: Stansted Express · Network Rail · Stansted Mountfitchet · Stansted Airport · London Liverpool Street

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