Think London’s trains are bad? Look at the great northern train fail | Phil McDuff

‘Meltdown Monday’ saw Northern cancel more than 300 services, reflecting the absolute dire level of investmentOn Monday, the unimaginatively but accurately named Northern Fail app listed 327 routes run by Northern railway that had either been fully or partially cancelled. This seems like a lot but, unless you live in the north, you probably wouldn’t have been aware of it. Unlike the trials and tribulations of Southern or, more recently, Thameslink, northern infrastructure probl