A passenger travelling on a train from Crewe to north Wales said he was "alarmed" after seeing that a section of his carriage had been taped off after another passenger had vomited over the seats earlier that day. The man who asked not to be named said that the carriage "stank" throughout his journey.
The passenger told North Wales Live that his experience began on Friday evening as he boarded the 6.24pm train from Crewe, which changed at Chester on its way to Holyhead. He said the journey was made worse as the train only had two carriages, making the vomit odour inescapable.
The man claims he was "alarmed" that staff had not cleaned the vomit off the seats before other passengers boarded the train. He said the vomit had been left on the seats in the taped off area for the remaining services with passengers "inhaling the fumes of the vomit", which he described as an "unacceptable hazard".
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He claims that all the seats in the carriages were full, apart from the ones which were taped off, leaving many passengers to stand. He added that passengers disembarking the carriages said the train "shouldn't have been used" due to the smell of the vomit.
He said: "When I managed to board the train, I understood why. Someone had vomited all over four seats and over the floor. No attempt had been made to clean it, instead the four seats were taped out of use with the vomit still on them and on the floor for us all to tread in - even the conductor stepped over it to check tickets!"
He added: "I was alarmed to hear that the 'sick incident' had happened on a service earlier in the afternoon. To my knowledge around six outbound/return trips, all very busy services, were made in the carriage as it was coated in vomit with passengers inhaling the fumes and standing in the wet puddles of watery vomit on the floor - an unacceptable health hazard, why is this acceptable?"
Transport for Wales have been approached for comment.
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