By James Salmon, Transport Editor, The Daily Mail; June 13, 2019
Britain’s weary travellers took a record 1.76billion trips by train last year, amid widespread overcrowding and rampant delays.
Despite commuters enduring the least punctual service in 13 years, statistics published yesterday by the Office of Rail and Road show the number of trips made in the 12 months to March was up 51 million – 3 per cent – on the previous year.