To think there's something really broken about west coast/northern trains?

[MossyPillows]

I don't hear much about it online, but wonder if anyone has noticed this steady but thorough decline in services?
I travel by rail for work between Lancashire and South Cumbria, most Avanti trains are cancelled, very delayed or overly full. This is every day of the week, although much worse on Sundays.
Also issues with Northern Rail, which seemed to be functioning ok until this year. A rail worker at Windermere told us today that 'no one wanted to work Sundays' so the trains were all cancelled for today.
Apparently this had nothing to do with the coming strikes.

Does anyone know what the heck is happening or if there is any awareness countrywide of this issue? It is forcing people into car use even if they choose not to, and god help those who rely on the system to take children to school between towns, or getting to work on time.

It feels like a managed decline, but of course that makes no sense.

Mostly it is cancellations due to lack of crew.

Same here. Last week DD's train was "on time" then when she was getting ready to leave the house it was cancelled because it had broken down.

I working the industry and most train companies are part nationalised anyway and are heavily governed by the DfT.

If you think full nationalisation is going ti improve services outside of London you are going to be in for a shock.

In general the companies that are already in public ownership are the worst performers. Tells you everything you need to know im afraid!