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| Disruption at Stansted Airport with cancelled trains and fire | Disruption at Stansted Airport with cancelled trains and fire |
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| All train lines into Stansted have been cancelled until 08:00 BST after a signalling issue - and security is dealing with delays due to a fire in a lounge | All train lines into Stansted have been cancelled until 08:00 BST after a signalling issue - and security is dealing with delays due to a fire in a lounge |
| All trains into London Stansted Airport have been cancelled or disrupted on Wednesday morning due to signalling issues, National Rail has confirmed. | 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. | 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 was expected to continue until 10:30 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. | 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. | 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. | A spokesperson said it was quickly extinguished by the airport fire service and there were no reports of any injuries to passengers. |
| While travellers were stopped from entering security for a time, at 06:00 it reopened, but the airport warned there could be delays and urged passengers to check the status of their flights. | While travellers were stopped from entering security for a time, at 06:00 it reopened, but the airport warned there could be delays and urged passengers to check the status of their flights. |
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