If a Driver is involved in a fatality it is extremely unlikely that they would be driving the train afterwards at all, ECS or in passenger service.
Correct, the driver will have to stay where he is and await relief from another driver.
The OP is asking specifically about trains not involved in the incident.
My understanding is that some trains have to run 'express' to recover the service, but sometimes they run ECS rather than as an express passenger.
I'm not sure why fatalities were mentioned as the same thing could happen after any lengthy delay.
I was on a train which skipped loads of stations (in service) to make up time only yesterday.
Thanks for clarifying, apologises if I wasn't clear enough. My point is that a fatality could be cited as a reason that the train is being run ECS with the passengers being turfed out of the train and then eventually put onto buses instead.
I believe it's when a driver meets a train coming the other way that he/she is supposed to be driving.
Thank you for explaining, I now understand what the other poster meant.
Because why would you run a limited stop service and risk the train getting delayed on route then you have a displaced train delaying others behind it.
Get the trains ecs out of the way and then try and recover with ontime services.
It's not as if they run the trains ecs and give them hours at the terminal, some will get bare minimum turnaround time.
Control have to think of the bigger picture.
Fair point, the reason I would want to run the train as an express service is because if it is run ECS there will be loads of passengers on the platform rather annoyed as to why they are having to wait for a rail replacement bus to turn up when a perfectly good train has just left the platform without them. However you also raise a good point, my counter to that is what if the train is a late night service with the last train departing shortly anyway?