Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
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, Recliner writes

(eg, how many managers qualified to drive would be prepared to come in?)

They're (and there aren't many licensed anyway) not allowed to drive
trains other than in emergencies and only then in 'slow speed' and out of
passenger service.

So that may be a contributing factor, but do you know why an ASLEF strike
could reduce services so dramatically?