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题名：	You write
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	As I write this, news reports on radio, television and newspapers warn of the dire consequences of the vote by members of the Rail Maritime & Transport (RMT) union to hold what could be the biggest and most damaging strike on the railway network in decades. Their leaders talk of bringing the country to a standstill in a dispute they also suggest could run for months. The government and rail industry hint at a service limited to main lines for maybe 12hr a day on weekdays only, with freight movement given priority over passengers. I cannot help thinking that if the strikes take place, surely this could provide express coach operators with their greatest growth opportunity in as many decades. It has happened before and I believe it could happen again. It was a series of national rail strikes in 1983 that turned the deregulation of long distance coach services from a nine-day wonder into a significant success, at least in the short term. National Express, the Scottish Bus Group and the three-year-old upstart called Stagecoach all rose to the occasion, filling seats and adding capacity to carry people whose desire to travel was undiminished, but was frustrated by the lack of trains.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Buses
卷：	74
期：	808
页码：	62-64