Date: 15/02/2014

Hundreds of passengers were stranded on a train for five hours after gales battered the region. The 6.30pm East Coast service from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh came to an abrupt halt between Northallerton and Darlington when the train’s pantograph - the equipment mounted on its roof that collects power from an overhead cable - was blown off.

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Passengers stranded on train for five hours after bad weather brings it to a halt

Evening Chronicle

Passengers were left stranded on an East Coast train from from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh for five hours after gales battered the North East