A "very full" Transport for Wales train had to be evacuated over a "serious health and safety issue" as malfunctioning air conditioning failed to stop temperatures soaring.
One passenger, returning to Cardiff on Friday after attending the previous night's Harry Styles gig in Manchester, told WalesOnline that she boarded the 2.31pm service from Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven. She said: "We were due to get the 3.31pm. However, we had an email at 12.42pm to say it had been cancelled due to a fault on the train. We decided to try our luck by getting the earlier one despite our tickets only being valid on the booked route.
"The 2.31pm train was delayed by about five minutes. We fortunately managed to get a seat but there were several people standing near the doors and the train was very full. It was very hot but we weren’t surprised. We then had a message on the tannoy to say the air con was broken and engineers would we waiting at Crewe to try and fix the issue there.
