Well done to @gwr.com who when faced with two cancelled Exeter-bound connections from Taunton managed to reallocate a train and crew that had terminated at Taunton on schedule to replace the GWR cancellation. Pity that @crosscountryuk.bsky.social couldn't manage a similar response.

1979 and still using "British RailWAYS" ?

Spot on. This is the prize tio be taken. Highway authorities and local transport authorities are usually the same councils and it's a lack of political will as much as a resources issue that has led to insufficient action.