Recent content by Nobby

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Hi all I currently work as a qualified driver in Kent but will be relocating to Devon in the not too distant future. Whereabouts in Devon would depend on the locations of driver depots and the whole one hour travel distance. I assume the TOC would be SWR? If anyone here works for them could...

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I think another visit to a signalling centre would be invaluable now. As I said I went a couple of times when I was a trainee driver but it wasnt really of any value as I didnt know what I was looking at or what questions to ask. In the same way signallers do not know what we can see from our...

yes so the offending reds either occur regularly on a particular day or not at all so does that mean that some signallers use ARS and some don't? Is it the case that ARS is the easy, or, forgive me, lazy option??

Fair enough

Goes without saying.......which is why I didnt lol

If a driver were to SPAD a controlled signal that could have been green, I assume questions would be asked of the signaller??

That's fine then, hence why I asked for a signaller's perspective. I have visited major signal boxes when I was a trainee and there didnt seem to be a lot going on except tea drinking and biscuit eating lol :lol:

Exactly that, and after driving the route for years you know what is scheduled in front of you

It seems to be getting more frequent on the routes that I drive that controlled signals are being left on that shouldn't be. In other words, the train is being checked down to a red signal when you know that the route ahead is definitely clear. This is very frustrating for a driver when you have...

You should have received, or will receive all the information you'll need from GTR in the form of a pdf file detailing how the day will work and some practice tests to help you prepare. Work through it and there is no reason why you shouldn't do well. All the TOC's seem to vary considerably in...

I think you have to aim for about 8 or 9 lines to be on the safe side - aswell as being accurate of course. Tough test.

That's hard. Sorry. How many did you manage on each sheet do you think?

You failed on speed? I didn't think they told people the details?