Rail-replacement bus use opposed
 

Train companies are being asked to sign a pledge to use buses only as a last resort when services are disrupted by engineering work.

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Whos silly idea is this?
I would rather get there on a bus than sit on a train for a hour!!!!

The drawback about using buses is that they take indirect routes between stations and the journey times are longer (and get progressively extended as the journey progresses). A half hour train journey soon becomes an hour and an hour's journey more than two hours.