Recent content by Kev.

Massive congrats General and welcome aboard mate. I'm currently just over 3 months into my training and absolutely loving every minute. It's an amazing job and I still have to keep pinching myself to check I'm not dreaming. Everyone within the company is fantastic, best company I've ever worked...

Len the training wage is definately £25.795 and does not change until you have passed out. and then it goes up to full salary of which is around double with your sundays.

Hi mate, so happy to hear you passed it all and have now been offered a place on the june course. Will probably bump into you sometime at the training centre in Reading. I am coming to the end of week four of training of which as been our first week in the classroom. Everyone is fantastic from...

Massive congrats beany

Ok folks I have had a quick look through the forum and I can't find a answer to my query. At what age do trian drivers have to retire. I have looked on the internet and found differing answers, with some say 60 and others saying 65. Also, could the driver choose to carry on driving if he...

Thank you me123 for taking the time to reply to my post. The diagnosis of the condition is that it is not necessary for any medication to be taken apart from blood pressure tablets as that was slightly high, but that now has returned to normal levels due to the pills. The condition over the...

Hi Folks I have asked this question else where on the forum on some one else's thread but I think it may of been missed, so I thought I would post it up again on it's own thread. Does anyone have or know if having 'Iga Nephropathy' (Berger's disease) would stop one passing a medical and...

Hi Folks I thought I would jump on this thread and ask if anyone has or knows if the following would stop some one becoming a train driver. Iga Nephropathy (Bergers disease)?

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Thanks KT530, That is really good to know, Is the training centre actually in the station at Reading or close by?

Hi Chris, I have just had the following message for an ex GWR driver who now works for Chiltern and thought that it might interest you. "Training is usually done in Reading (classroom) and traction training in the sidings at Oxford. You will be classroom based for around 4 months....lunch...

Hi tricky, welcome mate, do you mean the bourdon test sortware? Sorry for the confusion my heads buzzinga at the moment.

Hi Coronet, Kev here, it's good to know of others on the same course before hand, kind of breaks the ice early. I have got me medical apparently on Feb 2nd at 13.15 in Reading, well that's what I was told last week on the phone, but I haven't as of yet been given any written confirmation...

Thanks FGW_DID, that's good to hear that they are not to fussy if you live just out of the 1hr travel limit area, but does open up my decision again as to where I'm going to relocate to, with me not knowing the area at all, as I don't want to make a mistake and move to area that is wrong for me...

Hi FGW DID, Firstly thanks for replying to my post. I'm going to be at Oxford depot. You are absolutely correct about needing a drivers salary to live in Oxfordshire, it really is quite expensive and on looking at the Swindon area as you suggested, it seems that you can rent a 2 bed...