The driver who drives the last train also tends to be the driver who
also drives the first train. There are night turns (I know this as I am
that driver this week!) to cover these things.
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Unfortunately under the great all-singing and dancing "Company Plan" of
1992 LU agreed to limit the % of night turn duties for drivers. A night
turn was defined as a duty finishing after 1am or 1.30am, forget which.
The proposed later running on Fri and Sat exceeds the % limit so
requires a change in T/Ops' Contracts. I believe the unions are willing
to have drivers' conditions altered, *providing* that they too are
allowed to get rid of those parts of it they don't like (e.g. unpaid
meal reliefs). Of course LU don't want to go anywhere near issues like
this! Also there are quite a few staff who are currently able to use
late night National Rail trains to go home but who will finish too late
for this under the new timetables. This is being used to fuel an
existing TU campaign to get staff taxis to provide a home drop-off
service as opposed to using LU/NR stations or other public buildings on
main roads. As with most of LU, nothing is quite simple as it seems!