A rail replacement bus service has been used to replace a passenger train service either on a temporary or permanent basis now for well over half a century. The train service that is replaced may be of any type such as light rail, tram, streetcar, commuter rail, regional rail or heavy rail, intercity passenger service. With Britain’s railways in many cases having existed since well into the victorian era, the rail service may be replaced if the line is closed due to rail maintenance, a breakdown of a train, a rail accident, strike action, or if the rail service is not economically viable. The bus is usually seen by most as the worst outcome when arriving at a station, and this particular one has likely found no sympathy in its last years of decay.