Network Rail teams had been expected on site to investigate from 18:30 BST, with disruption expected to last until at least 20:15.
Passengers travelling between London and the airport can use their tickets to travel on Great Northern services from London King’s Cross to Cambridge instead, before continuing to Stansted Airport.
National Rail has warned that Storm Austen and Storm Boelo could impact journeys across the whole weekend, with the Met Office warning of heavy rain and windy conditions in parts of England.
Greater Anglia, the Stansted Express and Network Rail apologised to passengers affected by the disruption.
Rail services to Purfleet in south Essex were also disrupted earlier, after a freight container train derailed, external at Barking in east London.
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