In article ,
Steve Fitzgerald junk@[ wrote:
There is a whole procedure in place for such an eventuality.

Basically this involves using the driver of the following train (either
in or out of service, depending upon where it happens) and repeating
this until an extra driver is made available.

Oh! That makes a whole lot of sense. How often does it happen,
roughtly?

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