Why the trains are late, delayed or cancelled

London's roads are congested. So if you want to drive into work you'd have to give yourself at least an extra hour to get there and an extra to get back home in the evenings.

- Birjees Hussain

And this doesn’t even take into consideration the problems of parking. You basically won't be able to find one. Yes people drive but most people use the local transport system such as buses, the underground and the rails. Those are often chockablock as well. The only real way to get about London, and often the quickest, is to use the underground. There is no traffic, although footfall can be astronomical, almost everyone uses it regardless of who they are or where they work; they could be CEOs or MDs. When I was at university I used the Westminster line to get to the House of Lords and there were so many MPs in the same carriage as me donning bowler hats, umbrellas and briefcases. So the underground is really everyone's go-to when it comes to travelling through London. And if you need to get to Manchester or Birmingham or even Scotland from London, the overground British Rail is your best option. It’s comfortable and you don't have to be driving for 2 to 6 hours to get there. Yes the trains can be late for a number of reasons. There could have been an accident or some sort of electrical fa