It seems there were two more major breakdowns in the past couple of days, with passengers left on the stuck trains for hours.
Exeter on a Class 800 on GWR. Passengers not recovered for 6 hours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45519014
https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...le-from-may-20th.164547/page-153#post-3636927
It seems that it's now too difficult to get a diesel loco to assist, the ladders down to the track approach is now the preferred way.
Exeter on a Class 800 on GWR. Passengers not recovered for 6 hours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45519014
Peckham on London Overground. Passengers stuck all evening.Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on a new GWR high-speed train for six hours after it broke down.
The 14:00 Penzance to Paddington service came to a halt at 17:15 BST just north of Exeter on Thursday.
About 400 passengers had to be assisted off the Hitachi 800 train with ladders and transferred to another train which took them back to Exeter.
GWR apologised to passengers via social media and said they would be offered a refund and a free ticket.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...le-from-may-20th.164547/page-153#post-3636927
It seems that it's now too difficult to get a diesel loco to assist, the ladders down to the track approach is now the preferred way.
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