Passengers in train journey 'from hell' as they are trapped in pitch black for HOURS and 'urinate on floor'

Rail passengers were stuck on a 'nightmare' train for hours after a power loss left it stranded and plunged into darkness late on Saturday evening. Travellers on the service who were left trapped were left disgusted after fellow passengers "urinated all over the floor and sink" when the toilet overflowed, it is claimed.

The chaos was sparked by an 'overhead power supply' issue. The Northern service, which was travelling from Liverpool to Wilmslow via Manchester Piccadilly at 9.30pm on Saturday night, May 7, descended into chaos at around 10.15pm when the train suddenly stopped and appeared to suffer a power cut, with 'all the electricity' going off', according to one frustrated traveller.

He claims passengers were left with no information as 'no one announced what was going on for the duration of the stop', and told the Manchester Evening Newsthey were left stranded on the train in the dark for two hours and 30 minutes.

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He claims that during the time the passengers were trapped, the toilet train had flooded. "Women could no longer use it, men were p***ing all over the floor and sink, the toilet door shut on people in the toilet trapping them for sometime," said the man, who wishes to remain anonymous.

"Passengers ended up wanting answers, but there was only one [member of] train staff. When she made an appearance after an hour, she had only one update which was that no one was answering at the other end, so we were all panicked."

Passengers then started banging on windows and smoking, according to the complainant, who says there was also a newborn baby on the train crying.

"With no answers we had to just sit and wait, with drunk