Overground and Stansted Express disruption set to last all day after broken railway line

A broken railway line in London is likely to wreak havoc all day, including on trains to Stansted Airport.

The Overground, Stansted Express and Greater Anglia trains running through Hackney Downs could be cancelled or diverted after the broken track in east London.

Trains between Liverpool Street and Seven Sisters, Cheshunt and Chingford are likely to be hampered until the end of the day.

The issue was discovered overnight, and the ‘extent of the damage meant that the repair work could not be completed in time for the start of service today,’ a National Rail spokesperson explained.

Elsewhere, the M6 has partially reopened after a lorry crashed off the Thelwall Viaduct bridge in Warrington, leaving the driver injured.