About 300 passengers on a Eurostar train Frecciargento Venice-Rome remained blocked three hours on board the train for damage to a power line in the railway junction of Florence.
According to the FS, the train is blocked by a sudden interruption of electricity, failure is under investigation. The incident was occurred at 16.30 cet before the station Castello-Florence.
The FS also reported that the train has stopped just after the exit of a tunnel. To resolve the emergency was sent a diesel engine in order to tow the Frecciargento in the station of Santa Maria Novella.
Frecciargento has returned to Rome from Florence Santa Maria Novella at about 19.30. During emergency the passengers remained on board the train, assisted by Fs personnel. On the train ran on-board power devices to provide electrical power and ventilation.