article_snippet.sent: Stranded for up to five hours, they endured discomfort, frustration and danger more associated with travel in the Third World.
article_snippet.sent: Sami Dodangeh tweeted a picture of police officers handing out water to passengers in stifling conditions .
article_snippet.sent: Staff were on hand to help passengers facing a difficult journey home from London Victoria .
article_snippet.sent: Police boarded the stranded trains to hand out water, and paramedics were on hand in case travellers, including pregnant women, were affected as the crowded carriages became unbearably hot.
article_snippet.sent: British Transport Police started evacuating passengers on the stranded service at 10am and passed water to others trapped on board with no air conditioning.
article_snippet.sent: Emergency services: British Transport Police officers began evacuating stranded train passengers to waiting buses at around 10am and water was passed through to others still stuck in sweltering temperatures on board .
article_snippet.sent: PC James Vernon, 40, was one of the 900 passengers rescued and admitted conditions on board were 'horrendous'.
article_snippet.sent: One of the train passengers, student Hannah Phillips, 20, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, said: 'I was lucky that I was carrying a bottle of water with me as a bottle of water was getting very hot on the train. '
article_snippet.sent: Police and paramedics boarded because there is no air conditioning. '
article_snippet.sent: Police and paramedics were bringing water.
article_snippet.sent: Another passenger tweeted:
highlights_snippet.sent: Police boarded trains to hand out water and paramedics had to be on hand .