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Abigail Nicholson

Avanti passenger takes to Twitter over staff after woman faints on board

A train passenger took to Twitter after staff rushed to help a young woman who fainted on an Avanti train.

Strangers stepped in to help after the woman fell ill onboard the 7pm Avanti West Coast train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street on Tuesday night.

A passenger on the train, Kevin Sampson, reported the woman fainted and the train's manager quickly took action.

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Kevin took to Twitter and explained how the train manager should be commended after she located a doctor and stayed with the woman.

He said: "Evening @AvantiWestCoast, massive commendation to your train manager on the 1900 Euston to Liverpool.

"A young woman has fainted and she (the manager) has located a doctor, ordered a taxi to meet her off the train and stayed with her throughout, continually reassuring her."

In later tweets he explained how the train manager went "way beyond the call of duty" and this "gave him faith once again that most people are good".

The rail operator replied to Kevin's tweet and said: "Oh wow, hope the young lady is ok now. If you would like to pass your kind words on to the train manager you can do so here, Carmen."

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