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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Train Driver Old Oak Common

    They told me at assessment day that it would be at least 8 weeks, but possibly more. So don't worry!
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    Laser Eye Surgery

    Yes MTR Crossrail. Don't take it from me though, the OPC guy could be out of date or wrong.
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    Laser Eye Surgery

    Hi, I went in for my second assessment today and checked with them. They confirmed they don't currently accept people who've had laser eye surgery. There has at lease been talk of relaxing the rule but as far as the OPA guy knew that hasn't happened yet. I'm sorry. Maybe call HR and check?
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    Laser Eye Surgery

    I'm in the middle of applying with MTR, they say no laser eye surgery in the specifications.
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    Eurostar driver vacancies

    Totally normal in the Netherlands for people to speak fluent English and German as well as their own language. French perhaps less usual but not uncommon especially for people living closer to the Belgian border. It's amazing to hear the guards switching language throughout the journey as you...
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Train Driver Old Oak Common

    Thanks for that mate, that's helpful! So it works that you get a maze and you use the joystick to move a ball round the maze? I saw somewhere that it was left hand for up and down and right hand for left to right (or the opposite maybe lol). So you always have to keep traction on the joystick...
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Train Driver Old Oak Common

    Hey everyone! I did my first assessment day last week and got through - don't think I would have managed it without this forum though, so thanks a lot to everyone who has put advice on here. The only thing I'm a bit worried about practising for in the second half is the 2 hand coordination...

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