The same as would apply normally to transit passengers airside, I'd expect.
Compensation is a completely different matter, and airlines are rightly not expected to offer cash compensation if the situation is beyond their control. The point is, there is a legal duty to provide food and accommodation in the case of an extended delay, ideally provided for you but possibly in the form of a reimbursement. No such protection readily exists for rail passengers.
I can see the rules on this changing, it is impossible for rail companies to find accommodation and afford to pay for it for all passengers in these circumstances do not travel warnings should mean travel at your own risk.
And all trampolines to be licenced and insured, half in just but something needs doing.
It's hard to believe that that tree has grow so big (presumably over many years) so close to the running line - it looks barely off the sleeper end.Sorry to divert from the aviation discussion but a good photo here from the Guardian of some of the challenges on the West Highland Line - a fallen tree at Arrochar & Tarbet:
Article and link:
UK weather: Storm Jocelyn to follow Isha with more strong winds and heavy rain
Second named storm in 36 hours continues country’s most active storm season since records beganwww.theguardian.com
I think that stump is just a piece of cut trunk placed vertically. Could be wrong but agree it seems too close to the track.
You are probably right. It is quite convincing though...
That's the top end of the tree which it looks as though has exerted a reasonable amount of tension / compression forces onto the track via the branches at the tip of the tree and I'd say that the person cutting the branches off the trunk (de limbing) has likely not been keen on standing on the sleepers if they are slippy (oil covered whatever) if they need to move backwards quickly, so they have done the cross cut but it looks at first glance like a tree growing next to the sleepers.
It's been the case for many years now. It has just been ignored by the TOCs in practical terms. If even the airlines - where passenger rights are otherwise far more limited - have to pay for accommodation I find it difficult to see why the rail industry should be 'exempt' from the same kind of rules.
Cancelling trains makes no difference in this respect.
At the very least there should be firm advice that in such weather they should be put away or heavily secured!
That makes more sense than what the post I was replying to said
Premier Inn at Oban would be my first thought.
The airlines maybe legally obliged to, but reality is they don’t do it and unless you have deep pockets there is nothing you can do about it. That is one for a different thread, but trust me, you end up sleeping on a terminal floor when a greedy airline has overbooked you, with court the only avenue to avoid ending up out of pocket, which takes a lot of time and persistence. Granted they normally pay up before you get to court, but most people have given up long before then. It isn’t until the county court summons hits before they pay up because they know they are in the wrong and don’t want the court case in the press.
Section 28.5 of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage (NRCoc) states:
Link to NRCoC
As regards meals and refreshments, I've certainly had complimentary drinks and snacks handed out, this on a Northern service on the Settle and Carlisle line, that was being delayed for 60+ minutes by a preceding, temporarily failed, steam excursion train (running low on water), so it does occasionally happen.
Actually it is BA that have had the most problems with, they have a whole team looking for loopholes to avoid their legal obligations... One occasion when travelling on business my company managed to find a hotel close to the airport abroad, but there wasn't a single BA member of staff to assist. They hide as well when things go wrong.