ChrisMayLA6, @GarethDennis (a railways engineer & researcer, quoted in FT) points out that in light of ageing #infrastructure & the impact of #climatechange a major programme of #investment is badly needed on the #railways:
'The way you make [disruption] less costly in the long run is by spending more money upfront to build a more robust & resilient system in the first instance.... But the do-nothing option costs a lot more money over a longer period'!
But also true for all UK's ageing infrastructure!