A Bishop’s Stortford man has described how passengers on the train he was travelling in had to be evacuated when a tree caught fire after falling on to overhead wires, causing major disruption to services on Monday. Ashley Samways, of Newtown Road, said he had boarded the 11.15am train to Stratford at Bishop’s Stortford, but just after Roydon station it became stranded when the tree fell. Passengers were stuck for two hours before they could be evacuated. He said among the 21 people on the train were six Greater Anglia workers, including two drivers, a manager and a cleaner. “It was crazy,” sa…
