The driver’s version (3)

Driver Fred West said his train literally came to a halt just as they were pulling into the station at Hanger Lane. He helped get hundreds of passengers off the train, through the tunnels and up through the exits.

"It took us about an hour to get the people off," West said. "We had a full house, about 800 people on the train. Luckily, everybody behaved themselves."

One of the worst things, according to West, was that the air conditioning went out along with the lights.

" There were a lot of parched throats,” he said. “Personally I always carry a bottle of Evian on this line. ”