Passengers are stranded on packed trains on Elizabeth Line
- No trains working between Paddington and London Heathrow with extreme delays
- Pictures posted on X present folks caught in blacked out carriages
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An influence fault tonight has left folks stranded on the Elizabeth Line with passengers caught in packed freezing chilly carriages unable to maneuver.
Damage to the overhead wires means no trains are working between Paddington and London Heathrow with folks being rescued from stranded trains.
Pictures posted on X, previously often known as Twitter, present passengers standing on packed trains which have been caught on the tracks for greater than an hour.
Dr Bamo Nouri is a type of caught and stated the road had ‘nearly fully blacked out’.
Transport for London doesn’t know the way lengthy the delays will final with the road now suspended.
Dr Nouri wrote on X: ‘#Elizabeth line has nearly fully blacked out with a totally loaded set of carriages and plenty of standing. No actual or substantial updates, no sense of urgency – been sat for nearly an hour!’
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A video confirmed passengers sitting in a blacked out carriage of the 1837 Paddington service with their faces being lit up by the glow from their cell phones
An overhead energy failure to to wreck wires has left folks stranded on packed carriages on the Elizabeth Line tonight
Voiceover artist Danny Cowan, who has appeared on Channel 4 and Netflix, stated some passengers had been making an attempt to get off the practice
One eyewitness claimed on X a practice forward had hit some overhead strains, though that is but to be confirmed by TfL.
While one other stated a practice driver needed to shout at passengers making an attempt to get off the practice.
A video confirmed passengers sitting in a blacked out carriage of the 1837 Paddington service with their faces being lit up by the glow from their cell phones.
One annoyed commuter stated: ‘The Elizabeth Line has failed once more simply when passengers wanted it most. At Paddington there have been previous folks, folks with infants with completely no means of getting house.’
Mickey Worrall, who posted the video, stated folks had been opening up the doorways to get onto the road.
Danny Cowan, a voiceover artist who has appeared on Channel 4 and Netflix, was making his approach to his agent’s Christmas occasion when the practice got here to sudden halt greater than an hour in the past.
He wrote on X the heating had gone off and he was so chilly he may barely assume.
He stated: ‘Hey any worry you may get this FREEZING COLD (no heating) Elizabeth Line practice shifting that is been caught exterior Acton Town for over an hour now?
‘The driver has already needed to shout at passengers who’re making an attempt to get off. Some data can be good.’
The darkened carriage on a tube practice on the Elizabeth Line the place folks had been standing for 90 minutes
No trains are presently working on the Elizabeth Line between Paddington and London Heathrow with it being claimed one other practice hit some overhead wires
Emma Bentley has been caught between Paddington and Acton for 90 minutes.
She stated: ‘The carriages have now misplaced energy, and it appears we could also be strolling house…’
Another stranded passenger was having his persistence examined and wrote: ‘We haven’t any energy, so cannot transfer! I would like a pee – thoughts over matter!’
The disruption is predicted to final till the top of the day with present delays of 60 minutes.
No trains are calling at stations between Paddington and London Heathrow and Reading whereas the ultimate Heathrow Express has additionally been cancelled.
MailOnline has contacted Transport for London for remark.
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