A nightmare journey for passengers on the Venice-Milan Frecciarossa, which was blocked for five hours due to a technical fault. The train, which left Venice at 5pm, began to encounter problems shortly after 7pm, having passed the Brescia station. The forced stop took place near Casirate d’Adda, leaving approximately […]
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A trip from nightmare for passengers of Frecciarossa Venice-Milan, been stuck for five hours due to a technical fault. The train, which left Venice at 5pm, began to encounter problems shortly after 7pm, having passed the Brescia. The forced stop took place near Casirate d’Addaleaving approx 330 passengers to edge in a growing situation unease. Giovanna, a doctor who was returning from a conference, described the situation to TGR Lombardy: “We are at darkwithout air conditioning and the heat increases more and more.”
Panic and desperation
Many passengers, including elderly people And childrenshowed signs of malaise. A passenger traveling in the last carriage told Republic of dramatic scenes: “The children were crying, especially after she came down the darknessand people had failures because the temperature exceeded 35 degrees“. Some passengers even had to resort to extreme solutions, such as using bottles for the needs physiologicalgiven that even i bathrooms they were inaccessible. Another traveler commented: “We made calls to Trenitalia, carabinieri And ambulances. Crazy. A suffering seeing elderly people and children at their limits…”. Another passenger reported that the conductor continually repeated that the replacement train was about to arrive, while the reality era very different.
The technical failure and the arrival in Milan after midnight
The cause of the interruption was a technical problem which also caused the lack of electricity on board. Without air conditioning, passengers had to deal with oppressive heat. L’waterfall they snacks distributed by the staff (just a small bottle and some tarallini) were not sufficient to ease the discomfort. Only at 9.30pm, a rescue locomotive was sent by Trenitalia, but the train continued to proceed slowly, stopping again. Finally, around 11pm, another convoy arrived on site, allowing the passengers to reach the Central Station from Milan After midnight.
The story: “We couldn’t breathe but they wouldn’t let us out”
Alessio Zanni, passenger of the Frecciarossa 9748 Venice-Milan, told Republic the odyssey experienced: “I was in the last seat of the last carriage, we stopped at 7.05pm and arrived at Milan Central at 12.40am. An authentic journey of hopewhich has seen us gradually become more and more desperate”. The information was “little, fragmentary and above all false”. The conductor he tried to reassure them, but “there would have been a riot if they had told us immediately that the replacement train would arrive so late”. Despite the promises, i Fire fighters in fact they were only called at 11.30pm, finding the doors closed and a temperature of over 35 degrees inside: “They got angry and started screaming to ask why the train doors had remained closed, given that the air inside it was already done unbreathable, also because the bathrooms were not accessible and people had to relieve themselves somehow.” The testimony continues: “At a certain point another passenger was on our carriage he opened onebecause there were elderly people on the verge of faintbut the conductor had repeated several times that they had to remain closed for security reasons“. Only a bottle of water and mini taralli were distributed on board. Alessio missed the concert Vasco Rossipurchased a year earlier: “I guess we’ll get a compensationbut we do very little with it.”
