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Why are surplus trains important?

Rio suburban trains slowly return to service after traction fault
https://www.railwaygazette.com/vehicles/rio-suburban-trains-slowly-return-to-service-after-traction-fault/55281.article

In case of emergency, each railway company should prepare more rolling stocks than needed. Otherwise, they can't cope with reduction of train stocks caused by disaster or emerge of malfunctioned trains.