About 30 passengers were stranded at a locked Lake District station late Tuesday night after a train arrived more than an hour and a half late.
Train travelers disembarked the Avanti West Coast train at Oxenholme near Kendal, Cumbria. Around midnight on August 16th, almost two hours after arriving atLondon Euston. The Glasgow service was scheduled to arrive at 10:20 PM.
Passenger Jonathan Gilmore toldBBC Radio Cumbria that the only options the stranded passenger had were to climb a spiked gate at least seven feet high or live Either cross the track or "where to sleep on the pavement until pick morning." Told.
Fallon said some passengers were obsessed with "height he scaled seven-foot spiked gates and fences."
A photo shared on social media shows at least one of the passengers climbing one of his two sets of locked gates.
Another passenger, Rhiannon Neal, was quoted as saying the group included people who were "pretty old and had several children." } According to Millershe added: She dropped us off again at Penrith and we were all able to get our cabs back.
``We all declined. It was past midnight and there was so much swearing and angry shouting.It wasn't her fault, she was just trying to solve the problem.
"Fortunately the police Found a maintenance man on the track with the key and freed us all."
Avanti train in Cumbria on the West Coast Main Line
(Stuart Walker)
Mr Fallon called for an investigation, saying the incident "could have become dangerous very quickly". .
"There is clearly a systemic failure going on at Avanti that we cannot afford to let go.
"I have already written to Avanti asking them to explain their oversight.
"We now need to ask whether Avanti is the right entity to run the franchise.
"The Ministry of Transport , should seriously consider discontinuing the franchise."
Avanti said it was "sorry to hear about the customer's experience," and said it was investigating the incident.
} A spokesperson said: “We would like to thank the Network Rail team on site for their prompt response in getting our passengers safely out of the station.”
The Independent thanked Network Rail and Avanti West Coast for I have reached out and asked for additional comments.
