Rail passengers were stuck on a 'nightmare' train for hours after a power loss left it stranded and plunged into darkness late on Saturday evening. Travellers on the service who were left trapped were left disgusted after fellow passengers "urinated all over the floor and sink" when the toilet overflowed, it is claimed.
The chaos was sparked by an 'overhead power supply' issue. The Northern service, which was travelling from Liverpool to Wilmslow via Manchester Piccadilly at 9.30pm on Saturday night, May 7, descended into chaos at around 10.15pm when the train suddenly stopped and appeared to suffer a power cut, with 'all the electricity' going off', according to one frustrated traveller.
He claims passengers were left with no information as 'no one announced what was going on for the duration of the stop', and told the Manchester Evening News they were left stranded on the train in the dark for two hours and 30 minutes.
