Passengers travelling to and from Ipswich railway station faced delays and cancellations due to an overhead wire fault on the main line. 

Greater Anglia said the problem at Chelmsford is blocking the line towards Colchester on Tuesday afternoon.

A spokesman for Greater Anglia said: "Train services running through this station may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

"Disruption is expected until the end of the day."

The train service from London Liverpool Street to Norwich, which stops at Ipswich station, has been greatly effected by the fault. 

The 17.32pm and 17.47pm trains from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich have been cancelled while the 17.02pm train will leave from Colchester instead. 

Services later in the evening will also depart from Colchester instead of London Liverpool Street.

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At Ipswich station the 16.42pm, 17.41pm and 18.42pm services to London Liverpool Street will terminate in Colchester while the 17.10pm train has been cancelled. 

Other train services from Ipswich station are not affected by the fault and are running as normal. 

Work to repair the fault will take place overnight to enable a normal service to operate in the morning.

The final services that will travel through the affected area will be the 21:18 Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea service and the 21:05 Clacton-on-Sea to Liverpool Street service.

After this time there will be a limited train service, services from London Liverpool Street will terminate at Shenfield / Chelmsford, services from Norwich, Colchester Town, Clacton-on-Sea, and Ipswich will terminate at Colchester/Witham.