Welcome to the rail replacements group- this is the biggest and busiest group for news, sightings, photos and opinion of any mainline railway, London Underground, tramway or light rail replacement bus and coach operations in the UK. Rail replacement bus and coach services often attract many interesting companies and vehicles onto the streets when railway lines are closed, often bringing coaches and buses normally dedicated to schools operations onto publicly accessible services. New members are automatically placed on moderation for a short period.

Photo- Arriva Original Tour make good use of the covertable open top Olympians out of season by deploying them on rail replacements. Here is J332BSH, not working for Overground as shown on the bus but actually in use on South West Trains from Clapham to Barnes.