An Amtrak train was stranded for at least 20 hours in rural South Carolina after the route from Washington, D.C., to Florida was detoured due to a freight train derailment.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded on an Amtrak train
ABC News reported that the train was left stranded in the rural area for more than 29 hours afterward. But on Wednesday morning, Amtrak spokeswoman Christina Leeds said that was not accurate. Tracks are seen in front of a train car during a tour of Amtrak's northeast corridor line near Wilmington, Delaware, on Jan. 11, 2019.
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