One that I've wondered for a while (to the point I fear I may have asked it before, but can't remember the answer if I did!) but do TPE really stable a 185 overnight in Saltburn station on Saturday into Sunday?
1P89 arrives into Saltburn at 2257 on Saturday night. There's no ECS moves on RTT and then the next departure in on Sunday morning at 0853 when 1P66 departs towards York and points beyond. So does that unit really just sit in Saltburn station all night? It's not exactly a secure location! There's no staff presence (at all) and you can wander onto the platforms all night (no barriers or lockable entrances). Presumably the crew also must be put in a taxi from Saltburn back to York and then in the morning another crew back to Saltburn (as there's no way the same crew can stay with it overnight, the turn length would be far too long even if they booked on just before the departure from York (2139) the service doesn't get back until over twelve hours later (1013).
So does a unit really just sit in Saltburn for the entire night and a two quite lengthy taxis to and from York for the train crew? Surely running the unit and crew back in service (or even just empty!) and then to Saltburn in the morning would be easier and a better use of resources?
1P89 arrives into Saltburn at 2257 on Saturday night. There's no ECS moves on RTT and then the next departure in on Sunday morning at 0853 when 1P66 departs towards York and points beyond. So does that unit really just sit in Saltburn station all night? It's not exactly a secure location! There's no staff presence (at all) and you can wander onto the platforms all night (no barriers or lockable entrances). Presumably the crew also must be put in a taxi from Saltburn back to York and then in the morning another crew back to Saltburn (as there's no way the same crew can stay with it overnight, the turn length would be far too long even if they booked on just before the departure from York (2139) the service doesn't get back until over twelve hours later (1013).
So does a unit really just sit in Saltburn for the entire night and a two quite lengthy taxis to and from York for the train crew? Surely running the unit and crew back in service (or even just empty!) and then to Saltburn in the morning would be easier and a better use of resources?
