TODAY rail passengers face the misery of an above-inflation fare rise of 4.6 per cent. As if this weren’t bad enough, it comes against the background of some of the worst train performance for years, with the system bedevilled by lateness, strikes and cancellations. Not to mention a byzantine fares structure that few can understand. This weekend The Times reports that a miserable average of 544 trains are being cancelled every weekend with figure rising to 10 per cent on […]