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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Helen Coffey

Passengers endure ‘nightmare’ rail journey where power went out and travellers ‘urinated on floor’

Simon Calder

Passengers say they were made to endure a “nightmare” rail journey after the power went out on a Northern train, leaving them in dark carriages at a standstill for two and a half hours.

Some claimed that the experience was made worse by “drunk” fellow travellers, while others were forced to “urinate on the floor” during the hours-long wait.

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