Japanese trains are amazing. And I'm definitely a fan of trains generally too, but on the flip-side, my experience of train delays is quite considerable.
I think that 8 hours was the record, and I eventually got to my destination on a train that also contained everyone else who should have got one of the other trains in that 8 hour gap. This was due to the power lines melting. There was also a year-long run where every journey I made from London to visit my mother was subject to a delay of between half an hour and four hours, for reasons as various as fallen trees, children throwing stones at trains, ice, breakdowns, rogue goats and "someone has stolen the wires". Oh Britain! Every day and in every way you function less and less.
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I think that 8 hours was the record, and I eventually got to my destination on a train that also contained everyone else who should have got one of the other trains in that 8 hour gap. This was due to the power lines melting. There was also a year-long run where every journey I made from London to visit my mother was subject to a delay of between half an hour and four hours, for reasons as various as fallen trees, children throwing stones at trains, ice, breakdowns, rogue goats and "someone has stolen the wires". Oh Britain! Every day and in every way you function less and less.