A little good news, anyway - following up from
>>2057741:
>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/17/king-meets-huntingdon-train-attack-heroes-buckingham-palace/>The King welcomed Samir Zitouni, the railway catering worker who was left in critical condition after confronting the attacker...and the newly-reopened Northumberland Line seems to be doing well for itself, coming in at about 800,000 passengers using it in its first year, against predictions of around 380,000:
>https://www.northumberlandline.uk/post/almost-a-million-reasons-why-the-northumberland-line-is-a-successNot Elizabeth Line numbers, but worth shaking people by the lapels and yelling TRAIN GOOD! TRAIN GOOD! TRAIN GOOD!.