Sunday 28 August 2022

Rest Day 21:30 to 04:30 Thorpe Station seven hours overtime

  [9:16 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745001 platform 2 for 22:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street

[9:19 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745105 platform 1 arrived at 21:19

[9:30 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: Three stable cleans tonight

[9:42 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745008 platform 1 arrived at

[9:51 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 755335 platform 5b for 22:05 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central

[9:59 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745008 platform 1 for 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich

[10:19 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 755411 platform 4A 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Cambridge

[10:19 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745106 platform 2 arrived at

[10:40 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 755412 platform 3 arrived at 23:40  for 23:05 Norwich Thorpe Sheringham vacuum carpets, two people vacuum carpets, one person insider and another on toilets 🚽.

[10:52 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 755327 platform 6 for 23:00 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth Vaxhall

[11:05 pm, 27/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745106 Low Level

[0:20 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745002 platform 1 arrived at 00:19

[1:24 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745004 platform 2 arrived at 02:22

[2:18 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745004 platform 2 done litter pick up and all bins, found it harder than I hope for, as trin locked 🔐 itself and turn off lights a few times, very badly designed for a company that is cutting staff

[2:27 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 755330 platform 401

[3:46 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745004 platform 2 cleaned now, even if light keep going off and on again, with door locked, 🔐 made cleaning this train a lot harder. This is what call Modernization now days?

[4:00 am, 28/08/2022] Michael N Turner: 745004 platform 2 toilets now done ✅ only four staff on tonight, a bit short?


The list is short, but only four on.

Two people vacuum carpets, one person bins, tables and trash, one on toilets.

I was on vacuum carpets and I try to help a little on trash pick up, but did not do very well.

when started to do Stable Cleans, I did want to do four coaches each, as it more easy to know what to do, but others want to share work together, so I put bags out on Low Level and did a little pick up on some of the train before I started to vaccum carpets, then windows.

On second train, I put the bags out, then started to do litter pick up and change bins liners, as that was a Intercity 745/0 EMU, three times the amount of bins, large tables, First Class, it much harder than 745/1 EMU's that are designed for Stansted Airport to Liverpool Street, but also used on Norwich to London too.

I was a bit slower vaccum carpet's, as I was on my second bags for the night and thought it would not fill up that fast, it was full up, this slowed me a bit when doing the carpets.

On Breck I changed the bags and fully charge batteries, took trash round to skip, then 745004 came in.

I done a little pick up on this, well did try, the Driver was Preparing and doing checks, then left it, Pan Down, so half way, the light started to go out, and doors locked?

I done it, it was made harder by light that keep going out, it also slowed me down.

I was not happy about this, and do not know why some other staff aim for or ? Still I just got it done, all trash and bins, I think there was one bag left on the train and another on the platform, which I got latter.

Then done one BMU and check another, 401 in Low Level.

Then back on platform 2, 745004, with DISCO lights, making it a lot harder still, I need to see when cleaning, doors locked, so accessing via cabs.

Some BMU on Jubilee siding of Thorpe Station, being Saturday night, a night for our drinking culture, and some people feel and are sick 🤮 because of it, all takes extra time to clean up.

So the night shift had been challenging, even if the number of trains seem low, it was not easy,.

Well not easy for me, may be.


745004 platform 2 with light going on and off, as in "Power Save Mode"? 
My eye sight is not great, and to see in the dark, is hard for me.




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