The five stages of grief of the British train commuter

One of the five stages of railway commuter grief: the rail replacement announcement. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Regarding George Monbiot’s article (Broken-rail Britain: my journey to the heart of the nation’s privatisation nightmare, 12 January), anyone who commutes by train outside London will have gone through the five stages of grief.

First, denial – that the train will be late or, even worse, cancelled, with the train app promising that it is still running.