There's too much car dependancy in the UK, and until that evolves, nothing much will change. I've used railways now for almost 20 years and although they are now overcrowded and often expensive, they remain far more relaxing than driving.
When we travel on holiday we are usually on the road by 05.00hrs. At weekends it's a breeze, with little traffic. Weekdays are more demanding but most of the traffic at 05.00 is HGV's and vans.
Years ago we always travelled home from the West Country after 18.00hrs on a Saturday. Especially quiet on a Bank Holiday Saturday................
But when we have MissW in tow, we usually travel back during the day. Yesterday we were lucky to be in front of the M5 closure, but the M42 was horrible around the A45 junction, where we lost half an hour, and this was at 14.30. Thank goodness for the M6 toll, where time can be made up.........
