Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 23/11/2012 13:59, Portsmouth Rider wrote:

general public are not carried:

Erm...

The general public are, in this context, those who have not bought a
ticket to ride on the service operated by the TOC.

The passengers on the rail replacement service are those who have paid
the Train Operating Company for a ticket to ride from station A to
station B by the route specified on that ticket. They are a sub set of
the set called the general public.

the only passengers who should use it are
train passengers as directed by the railway people,

But there is no train!

(railway people? What railway people?)

Train passengers in this context are those who would be travelling on
the train, were it running. The "railway people" are the staff of the
TOC who are charged with supervising the replacement rail service.

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Tciao for Now!

John.