Why Don't Trains Run On Time? Railway Delays Explained

British trains are infamous for being unreliable. As much as the media likes to make the problem seem worse than it actually is, it is no lie that trains often do not run on time. But why does this happen? There are many simple causes, like trespassers and train crew being unavailable, but these are just the tip of the iceberg, and this video covers the chain reaction that is caused by our spaghetti-like rail network, while I attempt to explain how these happen.

Image Credits:
Departure Board: BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36833042
Trespassers: BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
Shortage of train crew: Letchworth Rail User Group on Facebook   / 8790910814299277  
Elephant: Shutterstock https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=h...
Lightning: wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather
Unusually large passenger: No Context Brits on X https://x.com/NoContextBrits/status/1...
Snowplow train: Network Rail https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...
3rd rail: wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail
Crewe signal map: OTT https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/s...
Forth bridge: UNESCO https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1485/
Severn Tunnel: Network Rail https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...
Realtime trains: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/serv...
Sheep: clipart library https://clipart-library.com/free/tran...
Castlefield Map: Modern Railways https://www.modernrailways.com/articl...
HS2: HS2 https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news?p...

Background Music:
Mussorgsky: The Capture of Kars
https://musopen.org/music/44169-the-c...