Commuters booted off sweltering train 40 miles from destination 'after air conditioning stops working in carriages'

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Commuters booted off sweltering train 40 miles from destination 'after air conditioning stops working in carriages'.

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Railway staff have been forced to withdraw a service from operation in Oxfordshire on Monday afternoon, declaring conditions "too hot to go on" as Britain experienced its warmest May day in recorded history.The 4.37pm departure from London Marylebone bound for Stourbridge Junction in the West Midlands came to an abrupt halt at Banbury after the onboard cooling system failed.Passengers described sweltering conditions inside the five-coach train, with one man captured on video stating: "45 degrees and no air conditioning."Another traveller remarked sarcastically: "Leaves on the track would be too hard.

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Normal in the UK now." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Crew members distributed bottled water before evacuating all passengers at Banbury, the train's second scheduled stop, leaving nine further stations unserved.The mercury at London's Kew Gardens climbed to 34.8C on Monday, smashing the previous May record of 32.8C that had stood since 1944.Wales similarly rewrote weather records, with...

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