Northern 'conductors'?

[davyp]

Northern advertising (on this Forum!) for 'Conductors' to work from Buxton. What is the difference between a 'conductor' and a guard?

 

[class 9]

Same thing

 

[davyp]

Thank you class 9

 

[800001]

Northern advertising (on this Forum!) for 'Conductors' to work from Buxton. What is the difference between a 'conductor' and a guard?

Conductor, guard, train manager, all same thing, each company likes to call them different things.

 

[island]

"Guard" is the rulebook term for the role.

"Conductor", "senior conductor", and "train manager" are job grades of people who perform the role of guard at certain train operating companies. Elsewhere/additionally they are synonyms for "guard".

At least that's my understanding and someone will be along to correct me if I am wrong.

 

[CyrusWuff]

Traditionally a Guard was just that, whilst Conductors also undertook commercial duties.

Regardless of actual job title, they're still a Guard for rule book purposes though.

 

[PudseyBearHST]

"Guard" is the rulebook term for the role.

"Conductor", "senior conductor", and "train manager" are job grades of people who perform the role of guard at certain train operating companies. Elsewhere/additionally they are synonyms for "guard".

At least that's my understanding and someone will be along to correct me if I am wrong.

Yes apart from SWR who still call it guard and commercial guard. Most likely to differentiate the guard not doing commercial duties so wouldn’t be right in calling it a conductor.

 

[Urban Gateline]

Yes apart from SWR who still call it guard and commercial guard. Most likely to differentiate the guard not doing commercial duties so wouldn’t be right in calling it a conductor.

Metro Guard and Commercial Guard nowadays