BLACK FRIDAY Power cut plunges Britain into chaos as thousands stranded on trains in pitch dark for six hours and desperate passengers ‘pee from windows’
Molly Rose PikeFelix Allen
9 Aug 2019, 17:36 Updated: 10 Aug 2019, 7:44

THOUSANDS of desperate passengers were stranded on trains for more than six hours in the dark last night as a UK-wide power cut wreaked havoc on trains, Tubes and roads.

A million people across the UK were plunged into darkness after two National Grid generators spectacularly failed, with large parts of London, the South East, Liverpool, Glasgow, Wales, Gloucestershire and Manchester all without power.

Commuters described "apocalyptic" scenes when power failed around 5pm - even knocking out traffic lights in some areas.

Trains were stuck on Thameslink and the East Coast main line, with delays and cancellations continuing all evening.

Witnesses described "pandemonium" as cops were called to break up fights and passengers were forced to pee out of windows.

Christopher Lovell tweeted: "Been sat on a train outside Hatfield for 4.5 hours now.

"People have been p*****g out of the drivers door as there are no toilets.

"Completely unacceptable, multiple opportunities to evacuate the train while it was still daylight."

Vicki Hamilton said: "Over 4 hours later and still stuck on this @TLRailUK train with no water, no food and no power!"

Our video shows passengers being rescued after six hours stuck between Hatfield and Welham Green, Herts - as the driver says they are finally getting off this "nightmare train".

One traveller on board told The Sun Online: "It was pitch black, toilets were overflowing, people were shouting and children crying.

"It was pandemonium. After about five hours the police came to break up fights.

"People were smoking in the toilets and then squaring up to other people who objected.

"Passengers were on the point of revolt."

He said a diesel train was eventually brought alongside and workers helped them across the track.

After seven hours they reached Hatfield station and were put on buses to London.

He added: "A policeman told me they'd evacuated ten trains, and there were 50 trains stuck because of the power cut."

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9691385/po...-lights-outage/


Pictures and video at web site.


I suspect that as in the US the PTB in England are more concerned with 'diversity' and political correctness than ensuring the the infrastructure is maintained, or some adherents to the ROP were playing games with the national grid.