Depot Driver - Shifts

[CR1]

Good evening all,

Does anyone know what the shifts are like with Northern as a depot driver?

Thanks

 

[driver9000]

Depends on the depot, some have DO turns through the day other depots are only have night turns for fuelling/marshalling.

 

[CR1]

Hi
Thanks for response,

I underdstand its shifts Days / Nights, I think it may be 12hr shifts 3 on 3 off, just trying to find out if this is correct and if so what are start times?

Thanks

 

[driver9000]

As I said it depends on which depot it is, a full sized TMD will be rolling possibly 3 shifts per day whereas a fuelling/cleaning depot will be mainly nocturnal booking on at say 18:30/19:00 depending when the first train is booked to arrive with a minimal skeleton staff during the day if trains visit during the day aswell.

12hr turns are unlikely with the safety critical nature of the job, the depots I visit regularly are around 8-9hr turns.

 

[CR1]

Hi

Thanks for the response,

The depot is Northern Rail - Neville Hill

Thanks

 

[whoosh]

I think it's all East Midlands Trains depot drivers at Neville Hill - they used to be Maintrain. I think there are some 12 hour shifts. Would be mostly nights moving trains through the washer, getting them fuelled, moving them in and out of maintenance sheds, and preparing them for service. Not as many shifts would be required during the day, mostly moving trains in and out of sheds, but there may be the odd train needing fuelling etc.

 

[driver9000]

Whoosh - there are Northern depot drivers at Neville Hill, vacancies were recently on their website

 

[whoosh]

Oh right- strange! Well it is a big depot!