Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:53 pm
#1893019
Trent772 wrote:There are also Parliamentary Trains.
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I asked the Guard and he said it was a required train that ran twice a day.
It's not just Parliamentary Trains which do this sort of thing. If you look at:
https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/stations-destinations/route-map
You'll see that there are trains which wind their way across the country over long distances, sometimes only a couple of times a day.
Britain's longest train journey goes from Aberdeen to Penzance.
kanga wrote:analogously, there are 'ghost' "rail replacement 'bus services".
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
There's also a bus replacement rail service.
And while we're at it, speaking of personal rail services...