For me the motivation is mainly just that driving is pretty horrible a lot of the time - you've constantly got to be on guard for some idiot not following the rules, and even then you could get caught up in something through no fault of your own that either kills you or leaves you with life changing injuries. Clearly accidents do happen on trains too, but they're at nowhere near the level of cars.
I'm quite happy to let someone else do the hard work while I enjoy the view, have a cup of tea, watch a film or maybe even have a nap. Granted I don't travel in peaks very much, but when I do I'd still rather be blasting past the stationary M6 at 90mph in a packed 2-car XC 170 knowing that it'll thin out after a few stops and I can grab a seat.
As for delays, they're not as common as people think with the notable exception of some trouble spots in the North. I've done 37 hours of travel by rail over 52 journeys this year, and only had 43 minutes of delay in all that time. Eighteen minutes of that was a trespass on the ECML and the rest were just a few minutes here and there - I really doubt that if I'd made all of those journeys by car I would have arrived with the same accuracy.
I'm quite happy to let someone else do the hard work while I enjoy the view, have a cup of tea, watch a film or maybe even have a nap. Granted I don't travel in peaks very much, but when I do I'd still rather be blasting past the stationary M6 at 90mph in a packed 2-car XC 170 knowing that it'll thin out after a few stops and I can grab a seat.
As for delays, they're not as common as people think with the notable exception of some trouble spots in the North. I've done 37 hours of travel by rail over 52 journeys this year, and only had 43 minutes of delay in all that time. Eighteen minutes of that was a trespass on the ECML and the rest were just a few minutes here and there - I really doubt that if I'd made all of those journeys by car I would have arrived with the same accuracy.