birchesgreen
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That there are huge fleets of buses and drivers ready to begin a rail replacement service within minutes of a line being blocked.
Folks on the Overground routes out of Liverpool Street disappointed when 378s didn't appear on Day 1 back in 2015, and it was the old trains with "Overground" stuck on the side.
or similarly, that in the event of any staff absence or sickness, there is a whole mess room full of spare staff available to take over wherever and whenever they are neededThat there are huge fleets of buses and drivers ready to begin a rail replacement service within minutes of a line being blocked.
A variant of that is that they were in charge of an important royal train, such as Queen Victoria’s funeral train.Everyone's grandad, if they worked on the railway, drove the Flying Scotsman.
That HS2 is being built simply to allow Brummies to get to London quicker.
An old one from my grandmother, back in the 1970s.or similarly, that in the event of any staff absence or sickness, there is a whole mess room full of spare staff available to take over wherever and whenever they are needed
Think we may have a winner there.There is no requirement to pay a fare if not challenged by a member of staff.
Also "massively destructive", "ecocide", "108 Ancient Woodlands destroyed" etc etc etc.