bus replacement service

English

Noun

bus replacement service (plural bus replacement services)

1. (UK, transport) A 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.
   • 2019 October, Alan Williams, Modern Railways, page 98:

     ... - 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.

Synonyms

• rail replacement service

Related terms

• bustitution

Translations

a special bus service which replaces a train service

• Italian: autobus (it) sostitutivo (it)