"ian batten" wrote in message
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On Dec 22, 10:03 pm, Graham Murray wrote:
The Real Doctor writes:

True, but there is typically only one unbooked carriage, into which
the displaced passengers from several other trains are unlikely to
fit.

Or, as BR did on a number of occasions when there was disruption, cancel
all reservations.

It's interesting that the railways have an extensive pattern of things
to do when they fail to run a service, but put far less effort into
not failing in the first place. It's a fine line between contingency
planning and failure becoming normal.

ian

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I'll be interested to see what they do around Exeter. Apparently the
reason why the line between Taunton and Exeter has been (is still?) closed
today is that some form of defense has been built to stop the flood waters
damaging the track but it means trains can't run. Given how long it took
them to sort everything out earlier in December that doesn't see totally
unreasonable as a temporary solution - once the water recedes they'll be
able to run again soon after but it's not a permanent solution. I just
hope it doesn't become the default contingency.