Northhighland
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Where would the driver come from to run the unit back to Perth? The backshift spare men will all have been used by then. Perhaps you could use the Inverness or Perth nightshift shed drivers when they book on but then none of the sets would get fuelled, washed or tanked while they’re away and that would mean toilets locked out or units being pulled off diagram early the next day due to being out of fuel miles. Presumably the driver will need sent in a taxi one way or the other but how does that work out for their PNB and what impact will it have on the rest of their job?
It’s notoriously difficult to schedule additional traffic on the Highland Main Line because of the long single line sections and the obligation not to impact booked WTT traffic; have you actually identified a robust VSTP path that can be validated and works in terms of driver hours/PNBs? Will you be wanting to hold off possessions to allow the unit to return to Perth after close of service? Is the ODM agreeable to that and what do you do if he’s not? Are all the signalboxes open?
Despite what the amateur expert railwaymen think nothing is ever as simple as “just” doing something.
Also do you cancel next day trains every time a night shift shed driver goes sick?
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