To be sure, when you inhabit the 'magic hours' like I do you rarely encounter the rush. These hours are from 10am till 3pm when everyone is in their coffin, children and adults alike. This means that trains are empty and roads are quiet. Indeed, trains are so empty that sometimes I revel in having a whole carriage to myself. And these trains are state of the art. Take the new rolling stock on the little backline from Dumbreck to Paisley Canal which I regularly take. It's on a par with the TGV or the trains in Japan, and yet it's empty. This is partly because even the poor now can 'afford' cars and SUVs what with the never never and hire purchase deals. This means public transport is generally disregarded. Which means comfortably quiet and spacious trains. At least up here in Glasgow. Elsewhere, notably India, Japan, England et al. it's quite a different story...
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