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Title: Passenger Collapses On Overcrowded Train Post by: Lee on October 22, 2008, 21:28:02 Witnesses described seeing a man faint in hot and uncomfortable conditions on the train which had left Bath Spa station at 7.25am on Monday. A technical fault saw the normal three carriages reduced to two (link below.)
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Passenger-collapsed-overcrowded-train/article-420311-detail/article.html Conditions on board were also made worse by the late running of a previous service to Gloucester owing to leaves on the line. This meant there were extra passengers using the already cramped train bound for Cardiff. Quote from: Civil servant Alex Hughes "It was all a bit surreal. The man who fainted was behind me and it all happened so quickly. "Someone went to help him and I tried to get a message to the front of the train but I didn't have any luck because it was so crowded." A First Great Western spokesman said it would like to apologise to any customers affected by the cramped conditions on the service. The company received reports of a passenger fainting at Bristol Temple Meads. Staff searched the train but did not find anyone needing assistance. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |