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Topic: Rain-Away Train Leaves Ipswich-Cambridge Passengers Soaked (Read 1120 times)
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Passengers were left with soaking clothes and needing to use umbrellas inside as their train was battered by the storm as it travelled from Ipswich to Cambridge (link below.) http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED13%20Aug%202008%2015%3A04%3A48%3A797The high winds and driving rain forced its way through the windows, forcing some passengers to abandon their seats towards the end of the journey. The guard had to leap out at every station and grab handfuls of tissues from the toilets to mop up the water and to try to staunch the gaps that opened up in the windows. A spokesman for National Express East Anglia said managers had not been aware of any problem with the train, but engineers checked its windows overnight at the depot. “The one-coach trains that they use on that line just aren't up to the job really, passengers call them 'scuds', and after this we could see why!” |
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