COMMUTERS outside London are putting up with painfully slow rail services compared to people who live in the capital, according to new research published today.

Trains to and from London stations were found to travel at average speeds of 65-93mph, compared with a sluggish 20-60mph elsewhere, according to analysis from the Press Association (PA).
While passengers travelling between London and other major destinations often have the choice of non-stop trains with reduced journey times, less high-powered lines are lagging well behind, PA found.

Travellers from Liverpool Central to Chester were worst off out of the journeys studied, with trains plying the 14-mile journey at a woeful 20mph. Those taking a train on the 38-mile jaunt from London Paddington to Reading meanwhile rocket to their destination at a whopping 93mph — arriving 17 minutes sooner.