Hundreds of people were left stranded in Herefordshire after a Transport for Wales train broke down near Hereford train station on Tuesday, January 10. Passengers headed for south Wales told WalesOnline how the train gradually slowed down before all of the lights went out on the 2.30pm service from Manchester Piccadilly which was due to terminate at Cardiff Central.
Transport for Wales initially tweeted concerned travellers telling them the service should resume at around 6.30pm, but more than three hours later the situation hadn’t changed. Passengers on the broken down trains and those on services behind them were advised to use replacement bus services.
Annoyed passengers had to endure three hours on the unlit service until they were reached by a rescue train at 8.45pm, but that wasn’t the end of their ordeal. They were then told to head to Leominster on the opposite track and wait for a bus to collect them.
