Passengers trapped for two hours 'boiling alive' on the stranded 2.07 from Peterborough on hottest day of the year
SWELTERING passengers vomited and collapsed from heatstroke after being trapped for TWO hours on a boiling train yesterday.
One man lay slumped on the tracks on the outskirts of Peterborough as cops evacuated the packed train – before forcing all passengers back on board.
Sharing a video of sweat-drenched commuters, one furious passenger hit out at the "inhumane" conditions on the 14:07 London North Eastern Rail service from Peterborough.
He fumed: "LNER are holding people in inhumane conditions. People are passing out and being sick.
"It’s plus 40 degrees and we are being held with no way of getting off or knowing how long this is for.
"They’ve forced everyone back on the hot train using the police and still not moved.
LNER are holding people in inhumane conditions. People are passing out and being sick
"I can see the station!"
Yesterday, pavements were melting around the country as the mercury rose to never-before-seen levels.
And hundreds of train services were delayed or cancelled amid fears the metal rails would MELT.
SouthEastern claimed their rails could buckle in hot temperatures as they expand and start to curve.
TRAPPED ON 40C TRAIN
The train company imposed speed restrictions to "reduce the chance of rails buckling in the heat".
A London North Eastern Twitter account replied to the outraged passenger saying: "I'm so, so sorry, this is absolutely not the service we aim to provide. I'm so sorry."
But he replied: "I’ve been boiling alive for the last 2 hours. Never mind your apologies what are you going to do to fix this?"
He then tweeted a picture of a man being treated by the side of the tracks captioned: "This is your fault."
Met Office analysts claim Cambridge recorded 38.7C yesterday – higher than the 38.5C recorded in Faversham in 2003.
If the temperature reading is verified, that would make yesterday's scorching weather the hottest ever recorded in Britain.
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