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Work Experience > Tuesday 21st March
2006
TUESDAY
21ST MARCH 2006
After a superb
first day I was clearly going to return for some more SWT
action! The day started with a bit of a wait - a two and
three quarter hour wait! This was due to our first train
being the 11:54 off Basingstoke and our start time being
09:00. We were allowed to do whatever we wanted so I went
off with Matthew (my fellow 'student') to the town centre to
have a look around. We arrived back and met up with the same
guard who looked after us the previous day, Anthony Cutler.
He got his stuff together and we left the driver/guard's
mess room and boarded the train, however a trainee guard and
a guard inspector took the train to London which meant we
only had to check the tickets for him, rather than operating
the doors and PA system. We also spent a bit of time in the
rear cab where we had a bit of a race with the first (and at
the time 'the only') refreshed Class 442, number 2401. An
image of this can be found in the
photograph gallery.
The trip to
London went as it should do, although two people came to our
attention. The first was a lad who didn't have a valid
ticket, although he was then charged for a valid ticket. The
other chap didn't present a ticket and was therefore ordered
to leave the train at Surbiton, where the station staff were
made aware of this.
We then left the
four car Class 450 at London Waterloo and boarded the 13:39
to Southampton Central which was formed of two Class 444
five car units, therefore forming us a ten car train. At
Clapham Junction only the first five coaches can allow
passengers on/off which involves walking to the join between
the two units and isolating the rear unit through the SDO
(Selective Door Opening) controls. We were on time at each
station and despite being held outside Basingstoke, we only
required 45 seconds out of the 4 minute slack time. The
driver phoned us to say that he believed some of the toilets
not to be working. We went through the train and concluded
that only 3 of the 8 toilets were working, meaning 5 toilets
were not operational! The next hour or so was pretty much
uneventful down to Southampton where Matthew and myself
parted company with Anthony after he showed us 'Overline
House' where we were to sit in on a guard's meeting the
following day.
Myself and
Matthew boarded the 15:30 off Southampton Central and
changed at Winchester from where I travelled back to
Farnborough on the train, with Matthew alighting at
Basingstoke.
Here is the
relevant part of the schedule card that we accompanied
Anthony on:
|
Act |
Location |
Arr |
Dep |
Remarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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450 |
Basingstoke |
|
11.54 |
2L38 |
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
|
|
BV8 |
|
|
Hook |
12:01 |
12.01 |
|
|
|
Winchfield |
12:05 |
12.05 |
|
|
|
Fleet |
12.10 |
12.10 |
|
|
|
Farnborough |
12.15 |
12.16 |
|
|
|
Brookwood |
12.23 |
12.23 |
|
|
|
Woking |
12.28 |
12.29 |
|
|
|
Weybridge |
12.36 |
12.36 |
|
|
|
Walton-on-Thames |
12.40 |
12.41 |
|
|
|
Surbiton |
12.47 |
12.47 |
|
|
|
Clapham
Junction |
12.58 |
12.59 |
|
|
|
(M) |
|
|
|
|
|
Waterloo |
13.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
444 |
Waterloo |
|
13.39 |
2B39 |
|
|
|
|
|
9239 |
|
|
|
|
|
WG11 |
|
|
Clapham
Junction |
|
13U46 |
|
|
|
(M) |
|
|
|
|
|
Farnborough |
14.13 |
14.13 |
|
|
|
Fleet |
14.18 |
14.19 |
(4) |
|
|
Basingstoke |
14.34 |
14.36 |
2B39 |
|
|
|
|
|
9239 |
|
|
|
|
|
BV18 |
|
|
Winchester |
14.52 |
14.53 |
|
|
|
Eastleigh |
15.01 |
15.03 |
|
|
|
Southampton
Airport Parkway |
15.06 |
15.07 |
|
|
|
Southampton Central |
15.16 |
|
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|
PNB |
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