Disruption at Stansted with cancelled trains and fire

"All trains into London Stansted Airport have been cancelled or disrupted on Wednesday morning due to signalling issues, National Rail has confirmed. A fault with the signalling system has affected CrossCountry services between Birmingham New Street and Stansted, and Greater Anglia services to and from the airport and London Liverpool Street. The disruption is expected to continue until 08:00 BST, National Rail said, while there are also substantial delays on the M11 and M25 in Essex, potentially impacting passengers."

"A small fire in the airport's Escape Lounge is also causing delays into the security area, a spokesperson for Stansted said. Part of the airport had to be closed off after crews dealt with the "small fire", which caused a "significant amount of smoke" at 03:30. A spokesperson said it was quickly extinguished by the airport fire service and there were no reports of any injuries to passengers."

All trains into London Stansted Airport were cancelled or disrupted due to signalling issues. CrossCountry services between Birmingham New Street and Stansted and Greater Anglia services to and from London Liverpool Street were affected. National Rail expected the disruption to continue until 08:00 BST. There were substantial delays on the M11 and M25 in Essex that potentially impacted passengers. A small fire in the Escape Lounge produced a significant amount of smoke at 03:30 and was quickly extinguished by the airport fire service. Security reopened at 06:00, but delays were possible and passengers were urged to check flight status.

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