How many train journeys have you taken over the years? If you work in any major city there is a really good chance that you may, at some point have had to use the public transport system. Here in the U.K, we can boast of many things but our transport system is not really one of them. If we look at Europe for one moment they have fast, clean trains that arrive on time and cover many destinations across the Europeans community.
Here in the UK however our train network is at best poor. Now, just stay with me on this for a moment as I’ll explain why.
The Stations:
If we arrive at any train station we are often greeted with a very old build with poor amenities. They are usually cold dirty places that we put up with as we have no choice. To be fair, there are some stations that have been re developed to drag them into the 21st century, but still the vast majority are poor. The problems get even worse as you leave the southern counties and travel up north. So what we have is a really bad start before we have even begun our journey.
The Trains:
When we have finally got over the fact the stations are of a poor quality, we are then faced with the train. Often the trains that arrive are very old rolling stock that is only fit for transporting cattle. They are often late and dirty and the staff that are present to make our journey more comfortable, may be better off being prison guards.
If the train arrives three to four minutes late we are all really happy at this and think they have done well, but compared to Europe this would be unacceptable. Once on board there is little to do so advice is taking a media device with you. Poker in the UK in very popular so I recommend that playing a few games will pass the time as you will need something to kill the time particularly if you are on a long journey.
In a nut shell, trains in the U.K need much improvement from North to South, so having something to do is really important so that you can get through your journey as painlessly as possible.