🔴 🚄 Hot weather on trains. Passengers suffered in Paris Nice, stranded on the tracks in direct sunlight for nearly 4 hours. The cars were not air conditioned. Passengers had to get off the train to be able to breathe.
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Train traveled between Paris and Nice. No air conditioning. Hundreds of people gathered next to the tracks.
It’s a very hot week in France. For Paris, for example, a maximum temperature of 33 degrees was predicted this Tuesday. In May.
The day before, Monday, there were very complicated moments for hundreds of passengers traveling between Paris and Nice.
The train, which had left Paris at 2:10 pm, had a power supply problem near Civrieux-d’Azergues. The carriages had to stop.
The train was stopped for several hours, north of Lyon. Over 30 degrees outside.
Lots of people inside, very hot – and no air conditioning.
At one point, after 2 hours trapped inside, passengers were allowed to leave the train; hundreds of people stayed next to the tracks to breathe, to get fresh air, describes the .
The scene that remained was unusual: hundreds of passengers outside the carriages, accumulated, along the bank next to the tracks. Everyone was looking for the shade that the train itself offered, looking for some fresh air.
“Just getting out was a victory. Because inside it was unbearable”, commented one of the passengers.
“An oven! The first hour when we couldn’t go out was difficult. Especially for vulnerable people, the elderly and children, it must have been even more difficult,” added another passenger.
The stop had taken place shortly after 4 pm; The train only left again around 10pm.
In total, this train between Paris and Nice was delayed by 8 hours. He should have arrived in Nice at 8pm but arrived at 4am the next day.
