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bus replacement services

bus replacement services is the plural of bus replacement service.

Meaning of bus replacement service

Noun

bus replacement service (plural bus replacement services)

  1. (UK) 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.
    • ... - 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...2019 October, Alan Williams, Modern Railways, page 98

Questions about bus replacement services

What is bus replacement services the plural of?
Bus replacement services is the plural of bus replacement service.

Words near bus replacement services in the dictionary

  1. bus plunge
  2. bus plunges
  3. bus rapid transit
  4. bus rapid transits
  5. bus replacement service
  6. bus replacement services
  7. bus route
  8. bus routes
  9. bus shelter
  10. bus shelters
  11. bus stand

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