Britain’s railway timetable disaster has been over 150 years in the making | Ian Jack

Dickens was nearly killed by a train time mix-up. The Northern-Govia Thameslink chaos shows the system remains unreliableA poorly considered or mistakenly implemented railway timetable can have serious consequences, worse even than the recent sights of platforms crowded with disconsolate commuters who wait for trains that run late or never come at all, and in the meantime tell each other stories of peeved employers, missed domesticity and the infuriating cancellation of the 8.15. “Tim