An overcrowded train was unable to make progress through the tunnel and had to be pushed by a following train.

But, he said, there were customer complaints of overcrowded trains.

It resulted in mayhem with thousands of people boarding overcrowded trains to France.

Meanwhile we have some of the most expensive rail ticket prices in Europe and many still have to stand on overcrowded trains.

River vessels were pressed into service to provide a free alternative to overcrowded trains and buses.

Always there were extra coaches waiting to be attached to overcrowded trains.

"You have to go into a stuffy, overcrowded train with people with attitudes," he said.

The situation resulted overcrowded trains with a lot of rail accidents.

By the end of the war overcrowded trains were running at only half the prewar mileage.

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