bus replacement service

plural bus replacement services

1. UKtransportA special bus service which replaces a train service when engineering work is carried out, or when the train service is temporarily suspended for other reasons such as flooding, track damage etc.

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   ... - just a decade ago, Robin Gisby, then operations supremo at Network Rail, told me enthusiastically of a 'seven-day railway' enabled by widespread signalling improvements that would do away with the dreaded bus replacement services within a couple of years. Instead, most people in the know now avoid travelling at weekends because of the proliferation of such services, fewer and fewer of which are advertised in advance.

   2019 October, Alan Williams, Modern Railways, page 98

   Synonyms: rail replacement service