Train smashes into cable on London to Cambridge route
A train has collided with an overhead cable smashing its front window on the London to Cambridge route.
Police and paramedics helped passengers from the Greater Anglia train just before 5am today after the train was forced to come to a standstill near to Northumberland Park Station.
The drama was caught on camera by a passer-by who said he saw hundreds of people being helped off the train, with scores likely to miss their flights from Stansted.
Services are operating at normal frequency between Cambridge and London, but are diverting via Seven Sisters, said the train operator.
A spokesman for Greater Anglia, which runs the Stansted Express running between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street, said services were disrupted because of overhead wire damage.
He said: Owing to overhead wire problems between Tottenham Hale and Waltham Cross some lines are blocked.
Train services running from London Liverpool Street through these stations are currently suspended, and are being diverted via Seven Sisters.
He added they apologise for the delays, which are likely to last throughout most of today.
An investigation will be held into how the train collided with the wire.
