After the heaviest snowfall in 18 years, I’d expected the trains to be far worse. Yesterday, I worked from home, primarily because I didn’t entirely trust things not to get worse by mid-afternoon, but today I headed back to the office and all was… well, fine.

More or less.

My train was delayed, but not by much more than usual, which is impressive when you consider the potential for broken rails and frozen points.

Three cheers for the rail companies.

Of course, that hasn’t stopped plenty of people complaining about the state of the service, but I don’t think they have much of a point. Yes, you could snow-proof the whole network for those occasional days once every couple of decades when we get 8 inches of snow in 24 hours, but the cost would be unjustifiable when you consider the marginal benefit of saving a few cities’ commuters a day of working from home.

Besides, working from home is quite fun now and then, and you get far more done.

So to those who are blaming the fact they didn’t get to work yesterday on the trains, hush now.

On the other hand, those who find it ludicrous that not a single bus ran in London – not one – or that an inch of snow can cause more havoc than we’ve seen this week have a very valid point indeed.