asdf wrote:

Although it may seem like just the replacement of one arbitrary set of
journey opportunities with another, people organise their lives (e.g.
locations of home/work) around the available transport services, and
it isn't entirely fair to just pull the rug out from under them.

One could argue exactly the same point about the reorganisation of
Circle/H&C services, for example.

I was simply providing a *suggestion* as to how a non-reversing Orbirail
service could be provided using the existing infrastructure - hence the ;-)
emoticon.