Trains were brought to a halt in England recently, but it didn’t have anything to do with the strikes this time unless this was a display of solidarity from the large tortoise that escaped from a pet store in Norfolk.
Picture: Diane Akers/ @di_akers_
Greater Anglia Rail, a train operating company in the UK, announced that trains between Norwich and Stansted Airport were halted for more than an hour due to a “giant tortoise”.
One passenger tweeted: ‘Train delayed because of a giant tortoise, too heavy to lift, stuck on the train tracks after having escaped from a local wildlife centre is not something I thought I’d ever hear from a train driver!’
Another passenger, Diane Akers, tweeted a photo of the tortoise standing on the track, stating ‘It’s still alive but injured.’
The tortoise was taken to a specialist team for treatment and made a full recovery according to The Guardian. The line was opened 30 minutes later.
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