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What's the likelihood of all or the vast majority of bus routes being canceled for a while as either part of a lock down or bus companies or individual op cos of bus companies canceling them as a 'precaution'? This would leave many people stranded, if they catch long distance buses, for example I work in Hull, so get the 350 bus from Scunthorpe to there and back quite regularly and if a sudden lock down is announced by the government or Stagecoach decide to take 'precautions' by canceling services for a while, being stranded would be a very bad reality. And you can guarantee that the hotels would cash in on it by heavily increasing their prices.
If this ever did happen, ie if the government announced a lock down, would the managers of the companies send messages to the ticket machines of the buses, ordering the drivers to order all passengers off the buses mid route, abandon the route, then run the buses dead back to the depot, or would they be allowed to finish routes they are halfway through, but then cancel any other runs of those services afterwards?
If this ever did happen, ie if the government announced a lock down, would the managers of the companies send messages to the ticket machines of the buses, ordering the drivers to order all passengers off the buses mid route, abandon the route, then run the buses dead back to the depot, or would they be allowed to finish routes they are halfway through, but then cancel any other runs of those services afterwards?