40 hours without food or toilets: 220 passengers stuck on Amtrak due to winter storm

An Amtrak train traveling through Virginia got stuck on the tracks due to a severe winter storm. The 220 passengers spent nearly 40 hours on the train before the trip resumed. Edition New York Post shared the details.

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People aboard the Crescent 20 from New Orleans, Louisiana, said they had no food or proper toilets - or any idea of ​​when their travel would resume.

"All we were told was that there were trees on the tracks that were preventing the train from moving forward," said passenger Sean Thornton. “No one has eaten for about 20 hours, and the toilets are completely full. The snack bar sold out of food yesterday. Passengers were prohibited from leaving the train."

“Thank you to the iPad and the resilient children as we have been on the train for almost 30 hours. The baby is sleeping after we finally got him to drink some milk. Still waiting,” Cassandra Clark wrote on Twitter.

Thankful for iPads and resilient kids, as we approach 30 hours #stuckonthetrain on #Amtrak train 52. The baby is asleep after we finally got him to drink some milk. Still waiting on @CSX to clear the train and bring us into station. #getusoffthistrain pic.twitter.com/ObsCQuXu04

- Cassandra Clark (@ CSClark23) January 4, 2022

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McDonald's food was delivered to passengers a day after they were left without food.

Thornton said the train got stuck in an area with poor mobile communications, and one of the staff told him to “stop complaining” and call Amtrak headquarters.

“She said that employees also had complaints and that employees would appreciate customers telling management about the situation,” he said. “It was quite shocking.”

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Amtrak and other public transport companies faced flight delays and cancellations due to a storm that felled trees that blocked railroad tracks. A storm overnight on Highway 95 in Virginia stranded hundreds of drivers in their cars.

The train left Atlanta, Georgia at 02:00 on December 3, but a storm that hit the East Coast forced the train to stop outside Lynchburg, extending the journey, which usually took about 14 hours. The company said it is doing everything it can to provide its customers with food and water.

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