Network Rail cites weather as a key cause for an increase in delays

Rail delays relating to weather are now the highest on record, according to Network Rail.

The infrastructure company has produced a graph indicating that the rate of delay has risen sharply since the pandemic, exceeding the level seen in 2018-19. It has increased by 900,000 minutes over ten years.

Network Rail pointed out that the past decade has had some of the warmest years on record.