In plain English
It is a stand-in part of a rail journey, where passengers use a bus when train service is unavailable. The bus takes the place of the train on some or all of the railway route.
In context
Here, “replacement bus” indicates that a bus will carry passengers instead of the train for the affected part of the trip.
- Situation
- Using rail, bus, metro, ride, and local-transit tickets and service updates
- What it communicates
- labels substitute road transport for part of the affected trip.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say how long trains are not running or whether the bus replaces only part of the route or all of it.
Examples
“When trains stopped beyond Riverside, a replacement bus carried passengers to the airport.”
“At Riverside, change to the replacement bus for the last part of the journey.”