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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Lack of toilets on Elizabeth Line blamed for passengers forcing doors open on stranded train

The absence of lavatories on the Elizabeth line has been blamed for passengers trying to force open the doors on trains that became stranded for up to five hours outside Paddington station.

Four “Lizzie line” trains, two Heathrow Express trains and a Great Western Railways intercity service came to a halt about 6.45pm on December 7 last year when Network Rail overhead power lines near Ladbroke Grove were damaged.

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