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Title: Eurostar passengers stranded beside tracks in searing heat Post by: TaplowGreen on July 24, 2019, 17:37:15 Not a pleasant experience and hopefully not one that anyone will have to face here in the UK tomorrow;
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/eurostar-passengers-stranded-beside-tracks-in-searing-heat-as-power-fails-in-belgium-a4197506.html Title: Re: Eurostar passengers stranded beside tracks in searing heat Post by: broadgage on July 24, 2019, 18:57:46 At least the victims were allowed to get of the train and could take shelter from the sun in a nearby tunnel.
In contrast to the UK "keep them on the trains no matter what" policy. Title: Re: Eurostar passengers stranded beside tracks in searing heat Post by: MVR S&T on July 24, 2019, 23:33:40 Yes that does seem to be policy, though I have noted when there is a line problem near me at Hinton Admiral, trains are held at platforms, guessing to allow customers to alight, and be picked up by freinds etc.
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