How to Make the Trains Run On Time

You can either institute a fascist dictatorship (a Mussolini joke for anyone who paid attention in the school history class) or timetable like First Scotrail, our local company. We live on the edge of the city and the journey is timetabled as 5 minutes pulling out of the city from Glasgow to Bishopbriggs, up a steep hill. Going downhill however every train is given 10-11 minutes to reach the end of the journey. Wonderful way to massage the figures.