On Nov 11, 2:58*pm, Neil Williams wrote:

If trains are running Bedford-Luton, might a better answer be to
bustitute (taxi-stitute, more like) Bedford-Bletchley local stations,
get some DMUs down from somewhere (LM got any spare 150s that haven't
cascaded yet?) and run a 4-car shuttle Bedford-Bletchley as frequently
as possible, with stop orders at Bletchley for all LM services that
don't presently stop there?

Actually, scratch that:-

"East Midlands Trains services can now run between London St Pancras
International and Luton / Bedford"

So they're going to be quite busy, then. Time to hire in some
locomotives and stock to ensure everything is 10-car?

Neil