Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year | Rail transport
The scores of the UK passengers had to evacuate trains and walk along the tracks after some services were stopped due to a mistake on the hottest day of the year.
The videos published on social media showed people walking on the runways near the Thameslink trains near Loughborough Junction Station in South London.
Some passengers complained that they had to wait for services without air conditioning on social media.
Angela Lewis released a video in X’s X, which was gathered outside the Loughborough junction: “We leave outside on the train stuck to Gatwick about two hours later.”
A follow -up article said: mı Was it necessary to keep it for about two hours in an overheating car for this? MAKS had to go out in 30 minutes. ”
Another user wrote to Thameslink as follows: “There will be hell to pay. For more than an hour, we got stuck on this hot and humid train.”
A Thameslink spokesman said: “This train will be evacuated in a short time. Please wait until the response personnel are overwhelmed and created a secure evacuation route.”
Govia Thameslink apologized for delays.
“Today, an error on a train near the Loughborough junction, an error in the region, all the services in the region, three of them outside the station platforms.
“Without power and air conditioning on such a warm day, we have taken all resources from Sussex and Kent to get personnel on the site to evacuate the passengers as quickly as possible along the track.
“This would be a difficult and disturbing experience for our passengers, and we’re really sorry.”
Met Office, Surrey recorded more than 33C temperature and on Saturday, the hottest day of the year, he said.
Southeast Scotland, Yorkshire, Midlands and Wales cover a yellow warning for storms covering the parts of Saturday evening until 3 o’clock on Sunday.
Met Office said that the rain could fall in less than two hours up to 40 mm, because people in the warning areas called on whether their location had a risk of flash floods and to prepare and prepare accordingly.
For all regions in the UK for the first time since September 2023, the first time published by the UK Health Safety Agency, amber heat health warning continues at the weekend.
