article_snippet.sent: For one rail passenger it was like being ‘held hostage’.
article_snippet.sent: On platforms, fights broke out when trains did arrive as passengers pushed passengers way through the doors.
article_snippet.sent: Passengers were not allowed to leave the stranded trains by Passengers due to safety concerns.
article_snippet.sent: the sacked employee said: 'It was absolutely stifling on board the train, It was horrendous. 
article_snippet.sent: Fighting to get on trains, falling down gap between train & platform.
article_snippet.sent: Police said it’s too dangerous to walk down the track.
article_snippet.sent: The cause of the power failure was being investigated last night amid claims by railway staff that the power failure could have been down to work done by Network Rail the night before.
article_snippet.sent: A broken third rail – which supplies power from the track to the trains – led to the mayhem by disabling the trains
article_snippet.sent: The chaos came after Sir Peter Hendy, transport chief for London, said commuter services into the capital were appalling, with ‘Gestapo’ ticket inspectors and ‘Wild West’ conditions.
highlights_snippet.sent: Power failure sparked a 'total meltdown' on London trains across the day .
  