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Recent content by Twotwo

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    Staff discretion to open doors at unscheduled station stops

    Personally if i was stuck somewhere, and I knew id be there for a while, and control were not picking up, I would apply common sense and open my doors. Its not a safety of the line incident because I havent lost concentration and stopped out of course etc.
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    Southeastern - Trainee Driver - Recruitment Discussion

    I did, its what helped me prepare.
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    2026 Pay Award

    They are one of the lowest paid toc with the most intensive doo work. Even with this pay deal they still probably not earning as much as other tocs
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    Southeastern - Trainee Driver - Recruitment Discussion

    Wrong, Everyone knows the 6 questions for the MMI. Its been posted here thousands of times. And im sure before you do the computer tests they even give you the 6 questions on a piece of a paper to fill out briefly. My assessment day was over 6 years ago so I can vaguely remember it.
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    Overspeeding at Cambridge Junction (Hitchin) -- 11/12/25

    Haha okay, as this was me driving it on this day and the manual annoucements were not working. I deffo announced the correct station and the next stop as this had a random calling pattern fpk stevenage hitchin letchworth baldock ashwell royston and cambridge.
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    Overspeeding at Cambridge Junction (Hitchin) -- 11/12/25

    Was this on the 30th and the 06 01 departure from kings cross?
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    Overspeeding at Cambridge Junction (Hitchin) -- 11/12/25

    You would never get a flashing yellow on the down slow. Thats only on the down fast but the flashing single yellow could mean 1 of 2 things which is either being routed onto the down slow or down Royston flyover. You would have to reduce your speed to be able to stop at the next signal if its a...
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    Have I made the right decision moving TOC?

    If you're having doubts then I'm not too sure you have the made right choice but only time will tell. Most people leave tocs to reduce their commute time not the opposite....
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    Difference between a Train Driver Instructor and a Driver Mentor

    At GN and TL and mentor driver is just someone you can go RL with without driving. Just basically front end turns.
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    Advise required(post sol(safety of the line) pre Spr(safety performance review))

    On the 2nd SIL did you at at least attempt to brake? Also what type of service do you drive? I.e fast/suburban stop start. Cos the pps would change because if your stopping 120+ stops everyday some of the pps suggested would be tiresome doing it at every stop. For me, im always all stations...
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    First Rail London - Trainee Driver - Recruitment Discussion

    Cant you use a bank statement? Driving license? I dont think they'll accept the other 2 you suggested
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    A career as a train driver

    3rd party. Most tocs use a 3rd party so there is nothing to be worried about. They reached out to me as they couldn't get a reference from my last company and just asked me to provide my first and last payslip to confirm the dates I worked there.
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    A career as a train driver

    I had an employer refuse to give a reference (they were bitter I left before my notice period) so all current company wanted to know was the dates I worked for that company so basically try and find your first and last pay slip.
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    Police to Railway and references

    I'm happy for the OP to tell us what the gross misconduct is? And yeah tbf in the railway it's usually guilty until proven innocent so yeah I will assume the worst unfortunately
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    Assessments & Medicals discussion

    Tbf I don't know how it works. But as you failed two tests I think this could count as 2 fails? Unless they count the 2 fails as the first attempt as it was done on the same day? But most certainly if you failed both on 2 separate occasions that would be your 2 attempts.

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