Recent content by olilee2

These unit shortages are a nightmare on a weekend match day. I travel at all times of day on the Windsor and getting a 4 car at a weekend seems worse than how I remember rush hours used to be

Out of interest about the issues around the size of the cabs... the short end of the class 153s are tiny. Am I right in thinking that such decisions about can size/comfort/visibility aren’t retrospectively applied?

I’m no expert on recruitment but I’d imagine it’s a question of tempering interest with enthusiasm. An interview is entirely about proving to a hiring manager that you’ve got the personal qualities to do the job well and work together with colleagues. If when asked why you want the job you...

Now would be a good time to argue for free travel presumably. Not much skin off their noses given the existing subsidy for season tickets and would go a long way to making NR staff happy with very little outlay

Mine still going ahead as things stand, today was going to be my first day in the box but for other reasons it’s been delayed for a little bit

I’m sure it’ll be an interesting experience to train in NR’s actual HQ. Certainly looking forward to the experience!

Does anyone have any info about Milton Keynes signalling school. I start tbere on the 5th but I understand it’s quite new. Anyone been (or indeed joining me in a couple of weeks!)?

Well I had mine last Wednesday and I got the email about a start date so roughly a working week

Just been told that all my checks and medical etc have gone through for Feltham this morning so I’m just waiting for a start date. From them requesting you availability to start how long did it take before you knew?

As a dispatcher I’ve come up with my own technique to remind myself to check at the start of dispatch (at a mostly doo station). Since we are supposed to be on the platform before the train has pulled in, I would find myself just standing there watching the front of the train as it (quite...

I had an email from my LOM about ‘displacement’ as my job will move from Feltham to Basingstoke ROC at some point and said that I had a meeting to discuss it on the 3rd November. Now I haven’t had my medical or got a start date yet, but would it be likely that I’ll have started by then given...

Any suggestions for how long it would take (post signalling school) to pass out on all 4 panels at feltham? Bearing in mind they seem to be short staffed so I imagine would want to get it done quickly

Purely out of curiosity, from where and how is the Island Line signalled?

With the 701s coming into traffic soon, does anybody know what methods of dispatch will be employed regarding platform staff at different stations? I understand that they are fitted with cameras and can self dispatch, but I have noticed that several stations (all of which have RO2s on the...

On BBC news website today, seems quite relevant for a lot of people... Signalling error caused near miss at Suffolk rail crossing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53946687