2 5 0 ▁children ▁on ▁board ▁was ▁stopped ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁minute , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁Only ▁two ▁children ▁on ▁this ▁nin th ▁ab orted ▁train ▁surv ived ▁the ▁war . ▁According ▁to ▁Channel ▁ 4 ▁News ▁reporting ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁W inton ▁Train , ▁" S ir ▁Nicholas ▁has ▁said ▁many ▁times ▁that ▁the ▁vision ▁that ▁ha un ts ▁him ▁most ▁is ▁the ▁families ▁waiting ▁at ▁Liverpool ▁Street ▁for ▁the ▁train ▁that ▁never ▁arrived ". ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁trains ▁left ▁from ▁Prag ue ▁Wilson ▁railway ▁station ▁( now ▁Prag ue ▁Main ▁station ). ▁While ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁were ▁met ▁by ▁their ▁new ▁families ▁at ▁London ' s ▁Liverpool ▁Street ▁station , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁got ▁off ▁the ▁trains ▁at ▁Har wich , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁placed ▁with ▁local ▁families . ▁F ew ▁if ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁W inton ▁children ▁saw ▁their ▁parents ▁again . ▁ ▁W inton ' s ▁efforts ▁did ▁not ▁come ▁to ▁public ▁light ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁when ▁his ▁wife ▁discovered ▁papers ▁in ▁their ▁lo ft , ▁where up on ▁W inton ▁began ▁to ▁public ly ▁talk ▁about ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁' B rit ish ▁Sch ind ler ', ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁O sk ar ▁Sch ind ler . ▁Sir ▁Nicholas ▁himself ▁believed ▁this ▁was ▁und es erved , ▁because ▁unlike ▁Sch ind ler , ▁his ▁life ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁in ▁danger . ▁ ▁In sp