Depends on the distance - plenty of people get the hourly train from my local station into Manchester (or change at Crewe for trains to Liverpool, Birmingham, e

Depends on the distance - plenty of people get the hourly train from my local station into Manchester (or change at Crewe for trains to Liverpool, Birmingham, etc), as long as it's timetabled. But the train is about 30 minutes faster than the car and far more productive.