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Up until as recently as a year ago that was certainly the case. Many trainees were on full pay sat at home for months during Covid whilst never set foot in the training academy due to restrictions

Northern didn’t do assessment days the email says group activities but can anyone steer me in a direction of what they’re looking for on the day

I think Blackburn take on Northern trainee drivers too

Have those that have been put on the reserve list done the stage 1 tests?

Have you looked at transferring your police pension into your railway pension?

I think that is very much down to the individual. Some are able to swap their police pension over after 2 years depending on how much is their pension pot. I think the max is 100k but don’t quote me on that. I’m approaching 40 but have a baby so even if I had retired at 55 I would have had to...

The first 30 minutes after your finish time wasn’t overtime it was known as time for the queen. After 30 minutes you would then accrue overtime

I did 16 years and started as a trainee driver just over a year ago. No regrets, the hardest bit was making the decision. Once I did it was like a weight off my shoulders. Anyone in a similar position feel free to drop me a private message if you want to discuss it further

Thanks for clarifying, much appreciated

What does stage one consist of guys? When I passed my ones for Northern I did all the tests and MMI in the same day

Hi Everyone, My friend applied for the trainee driver role at Liverpool. Today he heard back from them and he has been shortlisted. The next step is a video interview but what seems unusual is that he is to record his answers and return them to EMR by the 25th. So I’m presuming a question...

Hi thanks for the reply not sure how to move the question to that thread but more than happy for it to be moved there

Hi guys, A good friend of mine recently applied for the trainee driver role based at Liverpool for EMR. They have contacted him via email today stating that they would like to know more about him with a video interview. What seems different however is the interview isn’t live. It appears that...

Hi guys, A good friend of mine recently applied for the trainee driver role based at Liverpool for EMR. They have contacted him via email today stating that they would like to know more about him with a video interview. What seems different however is the interview isn’t live. It appears that...

Hi Pete, On my trainee driver course we had two trainee’s both over the age of 50 and I was 38. I would suggest 33 is a great age as you have bags of life experience.