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The operations director for fgw has sent out a communication to all fgw staff stating that there will still be a train manager on every service, and customer host on every service over an hour, and that pay and t & c's for on board staff will not change.so there's no need to worry about pay really.

well, after my assessments yesterday, i'm expecting an email, saying thanks , but no thanks. completly F****d it up, i'll be astonished if i get asked back for an interview.

The hst's are going, can't see then not going to be honest. They've already broken the news and put processes in place for voluntary redundancies and re location etc --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Spoken at length with the hss fleet manager today about the new franchise, and fgw...

Yes, with the new franchise, a privately funded fleet, yet to be approved by the dft will replace the hst fleet, and because Hitachi are maintaining their own trains, landore and old oak common are shutting down, and plymouth will drastically reduce it's staff. Having spoken to two people on my...

There are massive changes coming to engineering in the next franchise, and massive changes to the fleet, I doubt they want 400 drivers, I know of people in my depot that are, and have been in the talent pool for over a year, hence why I don't understand the recent recruitment drive to stick yet...

Well, there are rumours flying everywhere in engineering at the moment in light of recent events, it's even been bandied around that they are looking to recruit 400 drivers, but I would take that with a hefty pinch of salt. All I know is I'm bricking it about my assessments on Wednesday, and I'm...

Hi All, I have recently applied for trainee train driver at exeter st davids, i applied on the 5th march, and i have my psychometric asessments next wednesday, i don't know how this compares in timescale to any others, but it seems pretty quick compared to some of the people i've spoken to...