Recent content by Richard555

Hi mate, Did you wait for a vacancy for qualified driver to pop up online? Or enquire to SWR direct? Which depot are you doing for? Cheers

Anyone remember how long after passing the medical and DBs check that they received their formal offer? And if it was posted or emailed?

Is there any free parking at Reading training centre? Or where is the best place to park? As the station was expensive.

Hi mate, I have just accepted a job at Paddington GWR trainee driver. I'm over the moon. I currently live south west London and planning how I will get to work. I can get the train in on mid shifts but early and late starts will involved driving in. Is parking available? Where roughly is it? I...

How'd it go? Any insight you can give?

Is anyone finding it hard to log onto GWR recruitment sometimes? To check status of application. Site seems to be down often.

Did the mini scaat come throughbstraight after the first two tests? Sjt and the error checking? I did both. Thought I did enough on error checking.

I ran out of time too. No chance you can do 50 with accuracy

I got the answer that I ran out of time. Never going to do 50. Not sure I even did 20... Went for speed and accuracy too

How long do train driver assesments last for guys? I did mine about three years ago. I failed the managers which isn't part of it and they wouldn't let me go again. This lot just emailed if I had done the tests

Not yet.

I think they took as disliking to my background and education. It didn't help that they were a husband and wife management team at different depots. Didn't seem to bother HR when I queried it being a conflict of interest. They covered each other when I put in a grievance. I definitely going to...

I just applied. Thanks for putting up the link. I've been a guard for six years. I have a 1st class aerospace engineering degree and got turned down in the managers interview because I "expected to succeed". Fingers crossed