Great Northern & Ouse Valley Railway

Barry Allen

Rail Operations Planner · York Station

Corrected to July 1926 style · All services shown run daily unless otherwise noted

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I plan train paths and platform workings for a mixed passenger and freight region covering 640 route miles. Over 9 years I have rebuilt three December timetable changes end to end, and the last one cut reactionary delay on the York throat by 14 per cent. I keep a working Bradshaw on my desk mainly for the footnotes.

Table 1Service of Employment · Down Line

Departure times denote commencement of duty. Read downward in order of travel.

Dep. Station of Employment Plat.
2021–
pres.		 Ouse Valley Rail Ltd, York Senior Operations Planner*
  • Own the December and May timetable uplifts for 214 weekday services; the 2024 recast added 11 paths through the York throat with no extra rolling stock.
  • Rewrote platform working at York to cut same-platform turnbacks from 31 to 9 per day, lifting punctuality (time to 3) from 87.2 to 91.6 per cent.
  • Chair the weekly conflict panel with 3 freight operators; cleared a backlog of 47 disputed paths in the first 6 months.
 3
2018–
2021		 Pennine & Coast Railways, Leeds Timetable Planner, Long Distance
  • Planned 38 daily inter-urban diagrams across 2 traction types; unit mileage per diagram rose 8 per cent after the 2020 recast.
  • Built the emergency timetable for the Calder Viaduct closure in 11 days, retaining 82 per cent of seat-miles via diversionary routes.
 5
2016–
2018		 Ridings Metro Consortium, Sheffield Assistant Planner, Short Workings†
  • Validated 1,900 timing loads per season in the planning system with a rejection rate under 2 per cent.
  • Compiled the weekly engineering notice for 5 route sections, read by roughly 300 operational staff.
 1

Table 2Schools & Examinations · Up Line

Dep. Institution & Certificate Plat.
2012–
2016		 University of Aireborough BSc (Hons) Transport Planning, 2:1
  • Dissertation: junction margin allowances on flat crossings, based on 4 weeks of observed workings at 2 signal boxes.
 9
2019 Institution of Railway Operators Certificate in Train Planning, distinction 2

Table 3Classes of Competence · Fares & Conditions

First Class

Timetable construction, platform working plans, junction margin analysis, diagramming.

Second Class

RailSys and TRACS planning suites, SQL against movement databases, delay attribution.

Parliamentary

Possession planning, engineering notices, rules of the plan and rules of the route.

Excursion

Heritage line volunteering (guard, 40 turns), timetable history talks, brass band cornet.

*Runs through without change of carriage since 2021; promoted from Planner grade in 2023.

†Weekdays only; conveyed refreshment of strong tea at all hours.

§References exchanged at the Booking Office upon application in writing.

Printed at the Company's Works, York · Timetable No. 109 · Passengers are requested to verify all times before travelling