The UK’s railways may not be the fastest, but they’ve certainly got the afterlife covered. From spooky stations to phantom trains, England seems to have a thriving ghostly commuter network.

In Cambridgeshire, the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway has links to Thomas the Tank Engine, but it also has its own spooky twist. Imagine being a ghost on a railway made famous by a children’s book character.

Stations that are abandoned and overgrown but haunted by a spectral stationmaster. Ever the professional, he patrols the empty platforms, though these days, his timetable is a bit - flexible! There is the lonely whistle of a ghost train, but given the lack of the tracks, even phantom passengers must be complaining about delays.

Meanwhile, Norfolk’s old Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - cheekily nicknamed the Muddle and Go Nowhere - lives up to its name in the spirit world. Dismantled decades ago, it’s now a hotspot for ghost trains speeding to nowhere in particular. If you hear a train whistle in the dead of night, don’t wave whatever you do - it’s the express to the afterlife.

There are ghostly passengers in Victorian dress reportedly boarding modern trains. Could they be confused by contactless payment or the new timetables. Either way, these spectral passengers remind us that some things about train travel never change - whether you’re alive or not, there’s always a delay.

The UK’s ghostly railways may be spooky, but they’ve got charm. Where else can you find a paranormal rail network with no strikes or overcrowding?