FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An Amtrak train broke down in Calwa where several passengers did not have AC for about 2 hours before another train arrived.<\/p>\n
Amtrak Train 715 broke down in Calwa at approximately 1 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The train travels from Bakersfield Station to Oakland-Jack London Square Station.<\/p>\n
Passengers stayed on the train for as long as they could, but approximately 100 passengers disembarked and stood outside in the Fresno heat until approximately 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Ambulances arrived at the scene to provide aid to the passengers.<\/p>\n
[RELATED] <\/a>Fresno native braces for Hurricane Lowell in Hawaii, shares firsthand look<\/a><\/p>\n Amtrak released the following statement.<\/p>\n “Earlier today, Train 715 experienced a mechanical issue east of Fresno, California, resulting in a service disruption. Customers are currently being transferred to Train 712 to continue their journey. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our customers\u2019 patience as crews work to safely complete service.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An Amtrak train broke down in Calwa where several passengers did not have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-457711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}