Rules for producing commercial guards and metro guards diagrams

Booking on allowance

10 minutes.

Collecting revenue equipment (CRE) — commercial guards only

5 minutes.

Additional revenue equipment setup allowance — commercial guards only

LocationAdditional allowance
Farnham2 minutes
Guildford3 minutes
Staines2 minutes
Waterloo5 minutes
Woking1 minute
Weymouth5 minutes

Collecting RID equipment — metro guards only

2 minutes.

Train preparation allowance

5 minutes to be allowed at the start of a turn when the first train on the diagram is a passenger train.

Deposit revenue equipment (DRE) — commercial guards only

10 minutes.

Deposit RID equipment — metro guards only

2 minutes.

Booking off allowance

Nil.

Walking times

See Depot & station rules A–Z.

No additional walking time is to be shown in respect of CRE or DRE activity, which already includes a walking allowance.

Length of duty

Between 6 hours and 11 hours.

  • No more than 10% of the total diagrammed instances of work across the Company can be diagrammed up to 11 hours.
  • Diagrams between 10 hours 30 minutes and 11 hours are to be notified to Company Council and discussed as necessary.

PNB

  • All PNBs must be diagrammed at recognised PNB locations.
  • Breaks shown within diagrams exclude walking time, which must be added.
  • PNBs must be diagrammed at locations where the guard signs the route.

In all diagrams, guards will be allocated either:

  • One minimum 30-minute break diagrammed between 2 hrs 30 mins and 7 hrs 30 mins; or
  • Two minimum 20-minute breaks diagrammed after the first 1 hour.

Additional rules for longer duties:

  • For turns in excess of 9 hours, the single 30-minute break should ideally fall between the fourth and seventh hour.
  • For turns in excess of 9 hours with two 20-minute breaks, both breaks must be diagrammed after the second hour.
  • For turns in excess of 6 hours 30 minutes, the second 20-minute PNB must not be placed at the end of the diagram.
  • Where the 30-minute PNB in a diagram over 8 hours falls before the third hour, or in a diagram over 9 hours falls outside the fourth and seventh hour, copies will be provided to Company Council at the April and November meetings to discuss possibilities of reducing them at the next timetable change.

Route knowledge

See Route and Traction Knowledge section of the Compendium. The minimum frequency for guards to operate over a route is once in 6 months.

Traction knowledge

See Route and Traction Knowledge section of the Compendium.

Guard to check ECS — Aldershot and Farnham

A 'Guard to Check ECS' note must be added to all passenger trains which terminate and form an ECS move. In addition:

  • 4-car stock: add 2 minutes to the guard diagram.
  • 8-car or above: add 4 minutes.
  • Where a 4-minute dwell is not possible due to pathing constraints, this may be reduced to 2 minutes.

Guard to check ECS — Yeovil Junction

Where a passenger train arrives and then forms an ECS (DOO), show 'Guard to Check ECS'. Guard duties will be complete when ECS departs (i.e. book off 18 minutes after departure).

Guard to check ECS — other locations

Where it is the responsibility of the guard:

  • Up to 6-car stock: add 2 minutes to the guard diagram.
  • 7-car or above: add 4 minutes.
  • There may be exceptions in the timetable; where the guard is passing on or working the empty forward, this is to be accepted.
  • Guards will need to check diesels at Woking if terminating there and forming an ECS.

At any location not listed below, check local station information for staff operating hours (see the RO Coverage Summary document). If an ECS is booked outside of staff operating hours, the guard must be shown working the ECS.

Guards to be shown working ECS (all traction)

  • Eastleigh
  • Fareham
  • Fratton
  • Haslemere
  • Havant
  • Hounslow
  • Petersfield
  • Poole — guards are only needed on ECS moves which depart from the up platform (1) in the down direction
  • Twickenham — excluding Mon–Sat 06:15–22:45 / Sun 08:00–20:00
  • Winchester
  • Windsor

Guards to be shown working ECS (701 traction only)

  • Check for latest DCO locations.

Locations that do NOT require a guard to work ECS

  • Waterloo — 24/7
  • Clapham Junction — 24/7
  • Wimbledon — 24/7
  • Staines — 24/7
  • Guildford — 24/7
  • Woking — 24/7
  • Reading — 24/7
  • Twickenham — Mon–Sat 06:15–22:45 / Sun 08:00–20:00

Altered diagrams (STP)

  • Minor alterations extending duty length by up to 60 minutes will be published under the original diagram number. The maximum diagram length must be observed.
  • Alterations extending beyond 60 minutes will result in the original diagram being cancelled and re-issued as an additional diagram. The additional diagram must conform to the maximum diagram length.