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Noticed the rail adventures units stabled in kingsnorton sidings the other day.

At new street we are told to accept a single yellow onto a platform with a 6 or 8 car that will not fit as we may then get position lights on the red signal so we can draw up to the other train in the section and be accomodated. But yes, sometimes will be met by a red and have to ring signaller...

My son just failed the opc guards tests, said cant do them again for 6 months and only has one try left now, thats from the opc.

My lad just failed the tests but no feedback on why. Thinks that it was the tct as counted the wrong travel card being listed on the ticket as a error,plus the travel card was not valid at that time as an error. I am thinking he should of just counted it as one. Oh well can try again after 6 months

On this test if the discount cards dont match then its obviuosly a fault. If cards match but its not valid at that time then again obviously a fault. My question is as its not made clear is if discount card is wrong but also would of not been valid due to time would that count as one fault or two?

I know unofficially that most the time if you ask nicely it is allowed but officially does anybody think this will ever change as in most locations staff from various toc`s use each others trains .

When i did mine i pulled one of the sticks off! Just put it back on and recovered and passed.

Yes they are deffered, just use the term frozen as no longer paying in. Yes have rang rpmi, no joy,those joining from btp can transfer theirs in though

Its a shame we cant transfer in our frozen pensions from before we joined the rail industry

Hands under table,count them on your fingers,there were no rules saying that this could not be done.

From the rps website- Transferring benefits into the RPS from a non RPS scheme Important note: only the following sections allow transfers in and restrictions may apply. Abellio Anglia Railways British Transport Police Superannuation Fund GER LER (West Anglia) London Overground...

Ive also been on virgin and cross country trains with the mrs ,ask nicely and they let you on,sometimes first class! I allways say if they need any assistance come and get me. Worst case scenario ask them for a ticket with the priv card (75% off) or wait for next train hoping the guard is in a...

Do you hear either way if you have passed the telephone interview? My son had his phone interview in December but heard nothing back yet.

I purchased the how to be a train driver book,coming from outside the industry i found it to contain a lot of good info,combined with the info on this website i got the dream job but would definitely not waste money on a course.

My lad passed all the online tests and was over moon until he read that he had to live within an hour from Liverpool,Manchester or Preston,I think those locations should have been mentioned in the job advert.