All train services between Essex and London remain cancelled this morning following a track side fire at Stratford.
The incident happened last night with all lines through the busy east London station 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, were all on the scene.
The disruption is expected to continue until later this morning but this could change, with trains cancelled, delayed, or revised across a wide area of the network.
We're making steady progress to extinguish multiple seats of fire near #Stratford station but crews are expected to remain on scene through the evening.
Firefighters have been assisting @BTP to decant passengers from nearby stopped trains.
More: https://t.co/dldVWmBS8O pic.twitter.com/rmuwA37tvQ— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) July 10, 2026
46 services have been cancelled this morning as it stands.
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.
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