Gotta be some black and white inter-country comparison figures available shirley?
The fact that, reportedly on here, you can actually be issued with a paper certificate by the railways to show to your boss if your train is five minutes late in Germany strongly suggests that, for you ENREST, the...
FCC/Thameslink will never be able to run a punctual service. Even on a jumper-free day in the East Croydon area, there is always some kind of power supply nonsense going on north of the Thames. They need to split the damn franchise in half. How many people actually ever needed to go to Bedford...
Hate that Thameslink name, always associate it with the thoroughly discredited evil rail empire of the period that included Connex and Railtrack that brought misery to millions.
That works well until it snows. Then the trains stop running in the following order:
1st to stop running (almost immediately the first flake falls) - Gatwick Express
2nd - Southern (shortly after the second flake falls)
3rd - FCC/Thameslink (continue to run their rudimentary box cars flashing...