Driver Depots

[tiptoptaff]

An update for the GWR list - Drivers - soon to be Worcester Shrub Hill

 

[godfreycomplex]

Correct, all drivers are required to be able to book on at all locations. Heathrow book-ons are usually at T4 but CTA is also used regularly when trains are outstabled.

An update for the GWR list - Drivers - soon to be Worcester Shrub Hill

Thank you both - duly added

 

[StaffsPM1]

Well give me some time to think about how best to do this and I may well start something up... I can start with SWR where I work at present and then LM (where I am about to work)

 

[387star]

What does Horsham southern depot sign? As far as Portsmouth or bognor only

 

[godfreycomplex]

What does Horsham southern depot sign? As far as Portsmouth or bognor only

Last I heard Portsmouth; Bognor & Littlehampton. Arun Valley only.
(Plus various stuff north of Horsham of course)

 

[Uplinker]

A couple of quick questions from a total beginner at all things train related. Presumably a driver depot is like a driver's 'office', where they report for duty? and What is the significance of the signing on points mentioned in this thread?

Sorry if these are stupid questions.

 

[greatkingrat]

The depot is your normal place of starting work, but sometimes there may be local agreements that allow you to sign on for duty at other locations.

For example if a Willesden Jn driver is doing a turn on the Gospel Oak - Barking line, they can sign on at Gospel Oak and don't need to go to Willesden and back just to sign on.

 

[Uplinker]

Thanks.

 

[380gk]

On Scotrail, on-Train Ticket Examiners in DOO land are based at Ayr, Gourock, Glasgow Central, Motherwell, Bathgate, Airdrie, Dalmuir and Helensburgh. That list may grow as technologies with remote booking on and better machines, etc, improves.

Edinburgh also has some part time ticket examiners who assist on busy Conductor operated services.

 

[dex]

I note Fratton in the GWR as well as SWR list. Could someone kindly positively confirm that this is correct, as I've also heard it's only SWR? Thanks in anticipation.

 

[godfreycomplex]

I note Fratton in the GWR as well as SWR list. Could someone kindly positively confirm that this is correct, as I've also heard it's only SWR? Thanks in anticipation.

It's positively true - relatively small by comparison but it is there.

 

[dex]

Very many thanks.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Does anyone have a reasonably knowledge about which routes are signed by guards and drivers at each depot for East Midlands Trains?

 

[wanabedriver]

Hi Guys,

I was hoping to get some information on routes and traction sighned by Chiltern drivers at Stourbridge Junction depot. Any info will be very much appreciated.

Many Thanks

 

[Andy Pacer]

I believe they sign the Chiltern Mainline from Kidderminster to Marylebone, the Met Line from Aylesbury to Marylebone and Stourbridge Depot.

They are qualified to drive classes 68, 165 & 168

 

[wanabedriver]

Many thanks for that. Do they also sign class 91s?

 

[Andy Pacer]

91's are (currently) only on the ECML...

 

[wanabedriver]

91's are (currently) only on the ECML...

Cheers mate. Appreciate the info

 

[Tomnick]

Does anyone have a reasonably knowledge about which routes are signed by guards and drivers at each depot for East Midlands Trains?

Local side, driver depots at Nottingham, Derby (ex-MML depot but has some local work), Lincoln, Boston and Norwich, as you suggested in the other thread. Mainline side is just Derby and St.Pancras.

Nottingham, dependant on link, go everywhere on the local network except Doncaster and Grimsby.

Local side at Derby sign Crewe, Matlock and Nottingham. Not sure whether they have any booked 'Ivanhoe' work to Leicester but they sign it for the London work. Some also sign Lincoln but I don't think they have any work other than the twice-daily London train.

Lincoln sign Doncaster, Grimsby, Peterborough via Joint Line and Leicester via Nottingham.

Boston sign Skegness, Nottingham, Lincoln via Joint Line or via Nottingham/Newark and possibly Grimsby and Doncaster.

Norwich sign to Nottingham via Grantham or via Oakham, and Nottingham - Leicester.

I think that's broadly everything, for drivers on the local side at least. I know guards at some depots do sign a bit more. Open to correction!

 

[MostlyHarmless]

Hi...

Would anyone be able to shed any light on what routes (drivers) are signed out of Basingstoke for SWR?

Thanks in advance

 

[godfreycomplex]

Hi...

Would anyone be able to shed any light on what routes (drivers) are signed out of Basingstoke for SWR?

Thanks in advance

Waterloo - Southampton Central
Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour
St Denys - Fareham
Pirbright Jn - Alton
Waterloo (Windsor side) - Byfleet Jn via Hounslow/Richmond.
Barton Mill/Long Valley/Down Yard sidings (Basingstoke)
Possibly Basingstoke - Salisbury, Woking-Guildford and via East Putney as well

 

[MostlyHarmless]

Waterloo - Southampton Central
Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour
St Denys - Fareham
Pirbright Jn - Alton
Waterloo (Windsor side) - Byfleet Jn via Hounslow/Richmond.
Barton Mill/Long Valley/Down Yard sidings (Basingstoke)
Possibly Basingstoke - Salisbury, Woking-Guildford and via East Putney as well

Many thanks!

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

Somewhat late to this thread but I'm surprised nobody has picked up on the omission from the list of Northern's depot at Buxton! Also Harrogate, last I heard, is guards only (all 12 of them!) but with the expansion of services to Leeds could well be in line for an increase.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Somewhat late to this thread but I'm surprised nobody has picked up on the omission from the list of Northern's depot at Buxton! Also Harrogate, last I heard, is guards only (all 12 of them!) but with the expansion of services to Leeds could well be in line for an increase.

Edited in - thanks

 

[Shrimper]

Somewhat late to this thread but I'm surprised nobody has picked up on the omission from the list of Northern's depot at Buxton! Also Harrogate, last I heard, is guards only (all 12 of them!) but with the expansion of services to Leeds could well be in line for an increase.

Still a driver depot unless it's been abolished since October - but it is a small depot (only 7 M-F jobs prior to the October TT changes).

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

Still a driver depot unless it's been abolished since October - but it is a small depot (only 7 M-F jobs prior to the October TT changes).

Thanks for the correction. I obviously got the wrong impression from someone. Amazing that such a small establishment has been deemed worthwhile retaining but with expanded services coming fairly soon it should be on a more solid footing.

 

[dex]

Horsham station is served by Metro (SN3), Redhill (SN5) and Mainline West (SN6) routes according to SR route map.
Can anyone tell me whether Horsham depot signs drivers for all these routes, and if not then which?

 

[westcoaster]

Horsham station is served by Metro (SN3), Redhill (SN5) and Mainline West (SN6) routes according to SR route map.
Can anyone tell me whether Horsham depot signs drivers for all these routes, and if not then which?

They sign all of these london both ways, and down to prtsmouth. Depot is being split with around half moving to thameslink.

 

[dex]

They sign all of these london both ways, and down to prtsmouth. Depot is being split with around half moving to thameslink.

Many thanks

 

[Dot2018]

Virgin West Coast - Euston; Wolverhampton; Manchester Piccadilly; Liverpool Lime Street; Preston; Polmadie; Edinburgh

Still accurate?