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It's gotten quite a lot worse in the past few years. In 2023 one quarter of all trains were delayed or cancelled.

The gov't hasn't allocated enough for maintenance for several decades, and we're paying the price now.

The National Audit Office recently released[1] a scalding report about it.

[1]: https://www.riksrevisjonen.no/rapporter-mappe/no-2023-2024/s...




> The gov't hasn't allocated enough for maintenance for several decades, and we're paying the price now.

Ah yes, the german approach.


It does amuse me somewhat that every country believes they have the worst train network, the UK is no different.




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