Your Train Is a Bus at the Curb.
To say A replacement bus is running. in Japanese, say バス代行が出ています (basu daikō ga dete imasu).
You waited on the platform. Your train is a bus now.
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- バス代行が出ています。 Basu daikō ga dete imasu. A replacement bus is running.
- バス代行が出ています。 Basu daikō ga dete imasu. A replacement bus is running.
Why this phrase
When the tracks are out, JR sometimes runs バス代行: the same ticket, a bus from a curb or a station lot, not the platform. On 2026-09-28 this started on the Sōbu Line between Yachimata and Narutō, the Narita Line between Sawara and Chōshi, and the Kururi Line between Kisarazu and Kururi. The Uchibō Line between Anegasaki and Kisarazu did not start, because there were not enough buses. Hearing バス代行 means leave the platform and find that bus. Do not say every suspended line has one.
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