"Ken Wheatley" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 09:47:53 +0000 (UTC), "Piccadilly Pilot"
wrote:

Sharon & Gordon Thomson wrote:
What is the minimum scheduled time to be found on LU between arriving
at a terminal point and departing in the opposite direction on the
next journey. At the opposite extreme which terminal generally
affords the longest regular turnaround time between journeys?

4 minutes is the minimum scheduled for a driver to change ends.

Do drivers still walk back at Bank W&C, like they did in BR days?
That's where the driver of a train gets out at the buffers and another
driver, waiting at the departing end of the platform, gets in and
takes the train out. Meanwhile the first driver walks along the
platform so that s/he can take the next train out as soon as it
arrives.

I happened to use the W&C the other day, and at Waterloo, the driver drove
the train into the depot and walked through to the other cab before driving
the train into the departure platform.

At bank, I saw him leave the cab and walk along the platform to the other
one for the return working.

It's my understanding that during peak times, there is one driver in each
cab of the train at all times, so the trains can leave as soon as they
arrive.

Daniel.
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