All train services affected by Stevenage railway track fire

The incident happened at an embankment on London Road, Stevenage and has since been extinguished by the Herts Fire and Rescue service.

Despite this, passengers are advised that services are no longer running through the station and not to travel due to consequential signalling problems.

• Follow our live blog for the latest updates

👉 Here's a picture of the fire which has caused this disruption to services.

🚨 Network Rail are working with emergency services to get this extinguished and complete repairs once it's safe to do so.https://t.co/9Yu5uwAk3G

— Great Northern (@GNRailUK) October 9, 2024

Read a full list of services affected below:

• Grand Central between Sunderland / Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross
• Great Northern between Stevenage and Moorgate
• Hull Trains between Beverley / Hull and London Kings Cross
• LNER between Aberdeen / Edinburgh / Newcastle / York / Harrogate / Leeds / Bradford Forster Square / Lincoln and London Kings Cross
• Lumo between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross
• Thameslink between Cambridge and London Kings Cross / Brighton, and also between Peterborough and London Kings Cross / Horsham

Keep up to date by following our live blog

A spokesperson for Govia Thameslink said: "At around 12.30pm a driver of train reported seeing fire along the track.

"The emergency services were called and the fire was extinguished at around 1.30pm.

"We apologise to all customers, and Network Rail engineers will try to make repairs as quickly as possible."

Customers are advised to access the delay repay scheme if their journey has been delayed by 15 minutes or longer at nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-assistance/compensation-and-refunds/.