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Where I come from (Romania) you can pay the school yourself which is about 1000 pounds (it may be cheap for you but not for romanians considering that not only you have to pay 1000 pounds for the course but you will have to be able to pay your bills and food for one year) or you can find an...

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1. Introduction Why has TDLCR been introduced? 1.1 TDLCR is legislation that brings in to force the requirements of European Commission Directive 2007/59/EC (on the certification of train drivers) (the Directive) in Great Britain. It introduces a licensing and certification system for many train...

It's a big difference between being qualified and being authorised.... Driver9000. This european rule does not apply to train drivers they've been qualified by a private company to drive trains on their private routes. If you want to change your TOC / FOC obviously you will have to be trained...

http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/licensing/train-driving-licences-and-certificates

so driver9000, a EU licensed train driver doesn't mean he only passed his medical and psichometric tests after all he has to pass exams and attend a 9 months course plus another 3 months for whatever traction he choose and after that another 4-8 weeks with the TOC to learn the...

Since 2007 or 2009 all qualified train drivers from EU can apply for qualified train driver jobs in any EU country. Does anyone know about companies who already employed drivers from any EU countries?

At least you've got to this stage. I have failed the very first online assessment. This is where I need some advice. I know that the main reason is that I currently don't live within the 40 minutes range but it was always on my mind if the ones that they passed this first step answered those...