On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:25:14 GMT, wrote:

Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?

Any shift on the Waterloo & City, surely?

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:25:14 GMT, wrote:

Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?

Any shift on the Waterloo & City, surely?

There are some who would kill to get a W&C duty.

These are actually Leytonstone (Central) duties and the W&C doesn't have
a train crew depot as such
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:42:28 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?

Any shift on the Waterloo & City, surely?

There are some who would kill to get a W&C duty.

Out of interest, why? Isn't it boring as hell?

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Any shift on the Waterloo & City, surely?

There are some who would kill to get a W&C duty.

Out of interest, why? Isn't it boring as hell?

I would have thought so too (never having worked the line though) but
then some drivers seem to thrive on those sorts of duties. In the olden
days when we still used to run the Aldwych shuttle one of our drivers
would always take that duty off you. He's still about today complaining
about the fact he can't do it any more.
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There are some who would kill to get a W&C duty.

Out of interest, why? Isn't it boring as hell?

1) All the shifts are 'inside turns' - no extreme earlies or lates

2) Some drivers prefer to get out and stretch their legs

3) Some live south of the river and find it more convenient to do the W&C,
rather than travel up to Leytonstone.

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Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?

defind 'worse'

One man's meat is another man's poison.

tim

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Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?

defind 'worse'

One man's meat is another man's poison.

tim




I Imagine that the last trains from 11 pm onwards are not that popular, with
the late night **** heads throwing up eveywhere and refusing to get off the
train so the driver can go home are not very popular!!

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Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?


For me, it any shift where I have to get a Taxi to work, the Bloody
Chesham Shuttle particularly on a bank holiday, miserable punters and
just a whole heap of tedium, Nights just kill whats left of my body
clock, Lates with the **** heads in comparison are a doddle.

"www.waspies.net" wrote in message
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Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?
For me, it any shift where I have to get a Taxi to work, the Bloody
Chesham Shuttle particularly on a bank holiday, miserable punters and just
a whole heap of tedium, Nights just kill whats left of my body clock,
Lates with the **** heads in comparison are a doddle.

I forgot about the Chesham Shuttle it must be dead on Bank Holidays.

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"www.waspies.net" wrote in message
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wrote:
Whats the worst shift to work on the underground as a train driver?
For me, it any shift where I have to get a Taxi to work, the Bloody
Chesham Shuttle particularly on a bank holiday, miserable punters and just
a whole heap of tedium, Nights just kill whats left of my body clock,
Lates with the **** heads in comparison are a doddle.

I forgot about the Chesham Shuttle it must be dead on Bank Holidays.


43 punters in 4 hours