Golden age of railways?
Fog has played its annual puckish part in upsetting the carefully planned timetables of British Railways.
It seems odd that trains, which do not even need to be steered, may be worse affected by fog than road vehicles. Each slight dislocation of the railway timetable seems to spread like some infectious disease. The lateness of one train holds up others behind it, and the effect quickly escalates. Soon the dislocation has become a lusty disruption.
Passenger complaints are only a symptom of this – the true cost to the community is much larger. More than a…
