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‘Travelling passenger work’

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I was speaking with an Avanti driver at Preston today who mentioned they have a lot of ‘Travelling passenger work’ I didn’t ask what this was there and then as the service they were relieving rolled in 10 mins late and she needed to be off quickly. So I’ve come on here to ask, what does the term ‘Travelling Passenger Work’ actually mean?
 
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If I've understood correctly, it's where staff will travel on trains as a passenger as part of their duty in order to position themselves for their next working, or to return to their home depot if finishing elsewhere.

It's just referred to as "passing" at my TOC.
 
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It means they are travelling as a passenger to get to the station (generally)where they are going to take over driving another train, or they are returning to the depot to book off duty.
 
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lxfe_mxtterz said:
If I've understood correctly, it's where staff will travel on trains as a passenger as part of their duty in order to position themselves for their next working, or to return to their home depot if finishing elsewhere.

It's just referred to as "passing" at my TOC.
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Thank you that helps me greatly.

Llanigraham said:
It means they are travelling as a passenger to get to the station (generally)where they are going to take over driving another train, or they are returning to the depot to book off duty.
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Thank you very much
 
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Often described as "pass" on driver diagrams it is effectively a shortening of "passenger" as in the driver is travelling on the unit/headcode specificed to be in position to work another part of the diagram. This is related - but not the same as - getting a taxi from one location to another (often depots between stations <> depots).

From a rostering / efficiency perspective it is effectively 'dead' time as you have 2 (or more) drivers on the same unit but sometimes it is required and operationally conveninently when looking at the overall timetable for the day. Different TOCs, depots and even daily diagrams will have more / less than others.
 
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What airline pilots call 'deadheading'. A positioning move for the crew before they take up the working of a train.
 
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