
The only sure way to catch a train is to miss the one before it
GK Chesterton
Of course this assumes that all the trains leaving your station are going to the same place
If not you might miss the trend from Oxford to London and instead the catch the train from Oxford to Slough
At my local station here all the trains go into London. So he would be right .
The most dangerous situation would be where you missed your train from king’s cross to Peterborough and git on the next train which was a non-stop express to Edinburgh
There are trains like that because I’ve been on one and I remember going through Newcastle very fast which I did not recommend.
