I realise this story is over a year old but I have had a hell of a day today finding something worth blogging about - a bit of blogger’s block I think - and I stumbled on this at the Daily Propaganda as I attempted to steal something newsworthy from somebody else.
Some train companies may lengthen journey times to improve punctuality, it has been revealed.
Network Rail proposed train companies add up to five minutes onto every journey when the summer timetable is published in May.
Network Rail said the plan could boost train punctuality figures from 80% to 83% before the next general election.
Its head of operational planning, John Conway, reportedly told January’s monthly meeting of the railways’ national task force the plan would give the government the “quick win” it wanted.
This attempt to make the train timetables more realistic actually makes one laugh at their gall. In other words, “let’s see how badly we’re doing then move the goalposts to make it look like we’re always scoring goals - that will please the government.”
If everything is going to be minutes later than it was before then won’t the day have to be made a bit longer? Can Network Rail conjure up a 25 hour day for us?
