[Shed Cat]

Or, in the old days, the expereinced railwaymen in the Area control office would have the authority and years of knowledge to make a decision on the spot to reroute trains, even if a local Inspector conducted them over the tricky parts of the alternative route at walking pace - just in case.

Now it would be that:- the altenative route has not been approved by a commitee and is "not in the manual" so we cant make a decision to use it without six months of bueaucracy to get pathing approval and consulting all TOCs and NWR - in case something goes wrong and we are sued or prosecuted for scratching a train on an overhanging platform edge. And the the paying passengers are least important.