Yeah, just tried this and looked at Strood whenever I could. There's a train in platform when the run starts and it never moves, so everything else coming along just piles up behind it.
Oh I mentioned this to Joethefish. Same problem here - I think the class395 two trains in front of you (at Strood) is being blocked by the 5L48 doing the shunt move - it is timetable to move at 0735, but I have a feeling the AI 5L48 is going infront of the 395 when it should actually be behind it.
I spawn on foot at 06:50 in St Pancreas, took this 1F08 e managed to stop at Strood on time. January, 2022 and dynamic weather on. Via timetable I got stuck befere Strood too.