The easiest gig in journalism: writing about how rubbish are the railways in Britain.
Most people are not regular train travellers, and a good few seem to take vicarious pleasure in reading about the misfortunes of those of us who rely on rail. It fits the prevailing narrative that the country is going to the dogs: what more proof do you need beyond evidence that travelling around the country by train is terrifyingly expensive and fundamentally unpredictable?
