Recent content by apestyler

Most likely a SIMRET test after brake work.

That's pretty much it in a nutshell - I'm a driver on this route and the not stopping at Paisley on the express headcodes is certainly going to catch a few passengers out and a bit weird for us shooting through Gilmour St! From what I can gather the pattern from Glasgow is: xx00: Express to...

Haven't been driving for long but one of the most annoying things about these units are ... brake performance can differ quite a bit from each unit (sometimes from the A & B end), you can get an excellent step 2 bite in 1 unit, other times it feels like you're still in step 1 in another...

Makes sense with the recent referb on them - hope they don't stay around much longer than that!

Will the new EMU order include replacing the awful Class 314 units? As a driver of these it would nice to know if they're finally going to be replaced.

Thanks for the additional info, just spoke to my Mother who's onboard and apparently it's 2 x Voyagers in multiple and they'll be continuing to Glasgow with the front set empty? All passengers told to leave luggage and will be repatriated with it at Glasgow.

To add to issues the northbound Virgin Service 1S85 has one of its carriages on fire, somewhere North of Lockerbie Update: Fire service in attendance, evacuating passengers to rear set and setting back (not sure to where!)

ScotRail use both MT4.1 & 4.2 and I think it's just what they've got scheduled to use for that assessment day. I had 4.1 when I did my assessments last year for FSR

Might be of some use - When I applied last year for a trainee driver position with ScotRail here's how it went timescale wise: - July: Application submitted - August: Assessments & Managers Interview - September: Structured Interview, Medical, Conditional Offer - October: Contract and...

Not sure of any external candidates testing yet but there was another lot of internal assessments this morning.

I took the ScotRail train driver assessments last year and was not tested on maths.

Just about to start as a trainee driver. I have no prior Railway experience and I'm in my late 20s. First time I got passed the application sift (which took a few years trying) I made it all the way through first time. My previous jobs were all in IT (various roles) but I also have some private...

My other half works for ScotRail and she gets the following: - Free travel on ScotRail routes (Includes Sleeper but they have only have a small amount of cabins for priv travel) - 10 free days worth of trips on First operated routes - The ability to buy tickets for your friends and family...

Aye, thanks for the warning :wink: haven't given anything away which I don't mind being seen public anyway. Will prob delete though once OP responds.

Tried to PM you butterfly but can't due to you being under 5 posts - I've left you a visitor message on your profile instead.