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Oh really? That does sound a bit rough!

On this point, I've heard it mentioned a few times that the movement on shifts isn't the greatest at Avanti; does anyone know the specifics?

It wasn't permitted while we were training but it could be different at other TOCs. The two things I would say is that, even if it was OK contractually, as posters above have said there's a lot of information to take on board from scratch (unless you know your rules already?). Secondly...

Hidden rules state a minimum of 12 hours between shifts, so as far as I know it can be allocated. However, CAN and SHOULD are two different things...

Yeh at my current place we have two links which are identical in terms of shift type and RDs but the work content differs slightly, they have a relatively fixed RD pattern ie long weekend every fourth week, the rest days in between the long weekends vary though... 1655893291 Thank you for the...

Hi all, just a quick question regarding swapping shifts with other drivers at TPE (Piccadilly). How easy it it to swap shifts with one another? At my current TOC it's really straightforward, but I've read that at TPE it may be more difficult? I prefer working PM shifts and not too concerned...

Hi there, I think the best thing to do is make a note of all of the train stations within an hour of where you live. Then Google search "train operating companies that serve" + the station names individually. Once you have that list of companies, search their names plus "vacancies". Just be...