Services are severely disrupted on Southeastern Trains and there is only one Gatwick Express train an hour.
"Services between London and Swansea currently operate at a frequency of only one train an hour off-peak, " he added.
Similarly, it's only 40 miles from Manchester to Leeds, but the fastest train takes nearly an hour.
Network Rail said there would be an extra train per hour on the Coventry to Nuneaton line to help ease congestion.
In January, Network Rail said there would be an extra train per hour on the Coventry to Nuneaton line to help ease congestion.
Half an hour down the train tracks from Brussels, Ghent is the kind of classic Belgian city whose affluent, picturesque cobbled streets attract tourists throughout the year.
You can either while away an hour-long train journey getting lost in a paperback, or alternatively you could bury your head in some absorbing prose on a screen two inches (4cm) wide.
Half an hour away by train and less than half the size, Bruges felt more packed than Ghent and far more touristy, the streets leading off the Markt choked with lace and chocolate shops.
Rush hour on the train is an experience, but maybe more of an experience than you need.
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At Euston and King's Cross stations, train passengers had to wait on average an extra hour.
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It is an hour at least before the Toronto train comes into the station, but it seems hardly any time at all.
The 31-year-old had to train alone after arriving at Real's Valdebebas headquarters an hour-and-a-half late and may be fined by boss Fabio Capello.
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All three commuter rail systems were planning to add extra train service in the afternoon to help carry an anticipated early rush hour of Manhattan office workers departing ahead of the storm.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority was preparing for the storm by moving some sensitive equipment out of the path of the now, and by adjusting train schedules to accommodate an earlier-than-usual afternoon rush hour on Friday.
"Services between London Paddington and Tiverton Parkway are running and buses are replacing train services between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter, adding at least an hour to your overall journey time, " a First Great Western spokesman said.
Likewise, ordering The Godfather, a monstrous sandwich with four different meats, mozzarella, roasted peppers, pepperoncini and extra virgin olive oil, from Villa, a classic deli near East Hampton train station, is a ten-minute operation, as opposed to an hour.
Eurostar services were suspended at 0830 GMT after a Eurostar train travelling from Brussels to London's Kings Cross station was delayed for an hour inside a tunnel.
The traveler stumbles bleary-eyed into the crowded arrival hall, only to face another two- to four-hour journey either by bus or train (a taxi ride would bankrupt an Arab prince) into the city.
The single biggest advantage of train travel is that it goes from city center to city center, without the need to arrive over an hour early, which in many cases can save you 2-3 hours of travel time (and taxi expenses) before you even count the travel itself.
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Up to 24 trains an hour will operate in the central section between Paddington and Whitechapel during peak periods, with each train able to carry 1, 500 passengers.
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