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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alexander Butler

Passengers stuck on broken-down train ‘like an oven’ on hottest day of the year

Passengers were forced to walk along a railway track in sizzling heat after they claimed they were being “slow-cooked” inside a broken-down train carriage.

British Transport Police freed dozens of Thameslink passengers after the train between London Blackfriars and Herne Hill broke down on Saturday.

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