All trains CANCELLED at Stratford Station due to fire

All lines through the busy east London station are currently blocked after a blaze broke out next to the track, forcing engineers to switch off power to overhead electric wires for safety reasons.

Emergency services, including the fire brigade, British Transport Police, and Network Rail teams, are on site.

The disruption is expected to last until the end of Friday (July 10), with trains cancelled, delayed, or revised across a wide area of the network.

Services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield via Stratford are completely suspended, while major Greater Anglia routes are affected.

These include intercity services between London and Norwich, as well as lines linking Liverpool Street with Ipswich, Clacton, Colchester Town, Braintree, and Southend Victoria.

Local routes from Stratford to Bishop’s Stortford and Meridian Water, along with the Elizabeth line and Mildmay line, are also impacted.

Passengers are being strongly advised not to travel.

Those already on their journey are told to seek assistance from staff or use station help points.

Ticket restrictions have been lifted for today, meaning passengers can use their tickets on Saturday (July 11) instead.

Acceptance is also in place on alternative routes, including Southeastern services between London St Pancras International and Stratford International, c2c services between Fenchurch Street and Southend Central via West Ham, and London Underground services on reasonable routes.

Rail operators have warned that even where trains are running elsewhere on the network, services will be severely disrupted.

Replacement journey options via Cambridge or Stansted Airport are available for longer-distance journeys, though significantly extended journey times of up to three hours are expected.