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Redoing psychometrics is not required as GA depot drivers are issued a UK train driving licence. Well at least on the GE and Anglia sides. I’m afraid I have no idea what the plans are for the West Anglia setup. It’s all new. For great eastern side I expect the average progression time will...

Yes we do have quite a few swaps. We don’t have nights, only earlies and lates. Nights are only in the depot link. Swaps are not very common if at all in the depot link. Their roster rotates too much. We do one week early one week late alternating in the main link currently and the Sunday is...

Speaking only for Great Eastern side, works out about £700 rise per booked Sunday after deducting a 3.6 average for 2 years. 12-14 a year depending on position in link. Its roughly cost neutral by my calculations and working less days for it, and if people still want to work extra that will...

No, there are no depot drivers at Liverpool Street for either West or East.

Great Eastern and Norwich are now depot to mainline only. West Anglia and Liverpool Street east are still available to direct entry vacancies. It is possible West Anglia may get depot drivers at Cambridge in the future so could all change.

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Mainline or depot driver? Which depot?

An email got sent to all GE depots this morning.

Is this for Norwich or Great Eastern? I can tell you for GE but I'm afraid I don't know the exact details for Norwich. Regardless, Sundays and BH are extra for all......at the moment.

Next Friday. Probably.

Sundays average roughly 1 in 4 on great eastern. Current Sunday rate is 1.75

Enhanced. DFFT is required.

If you take the position give your academy training full effort and then listen well to your instructor when posted to depot. It’s a very rules and procedures based job. Also try and be as well rested as possible when the shifts start.

I did 3 years. I would say average is 3-5 years but this may change with only depot drivers going mainline now. Hard to say. There has been a lot of recruitment over last couple of years. I don’t work at Ilford myself just have a basic understanding of what goes on there, i work at another...