Weather

Now if I remember correctly, from my geography lessons, the UK has either a maritime climate or temperate climate. Both, if memory serves, mean lots of rain (yes), cold (but not really cold) winters and warm (but not really hot) summers.


Now we have all become used to train delays being caused by 'leaves on the line' in the autumn, and slippery rails (in winter). Now we have a new one, the heat causes the overhead electricity cables to sag, so risking the trains ripping them down. So now we have the wrong kind of leaves, the wrong kind of snow and the wrong kind of heat!!!!


So, how do other countries manage. Spain has a railway system (I have used it), and Spain gets very hot in the summer, but their trains still run. What about Russia, it has a railway system (again, I have used it) and it does not come to a standstill in the winter.


So tell me this, if other countries, who suffer greater extremes of weather and/or temperate than the UK, manage to have a transport system that does not grind to a halt as soon as it gets hot, or cold.............why can't we?????