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Yes, there are drivers who are based in Scotland that cover that area. There are drivers for IM based all over the country in various places and between all of us we cover the whole country.

Meal allowance is via the hotel, so you get a certain amount per night to spend at the hotel you're staying at. If you choose to eat out elsewhere, you still get an allowance but it is significantly less than if you eat at the hotel. There's always RDW about if you fancy it from my experience...

Sorry I made a mistake writing the above, I was trying to look after children and type out a reply at the same time Rest days are paid separately at the normal rate except for between 2200 Friday and 0600 Monday when it's paid at time and a quarter.

We mostly get Fiesta vans, however, as Ford no longer make the Fiesta van, some new drivers have got Peugeot Partners or equivalents. The vans are for business use only though so no personal use. Saturdays/Sundays are a regular part of the working week and so if you're not on RD, you can...

The £25k is going to be the initial training wage from what I've heard. Full pay is a bit above the earlier quoted £65k. It's 'proper' train driving just like if you were working a freight train or working a passenger train. Driving Infrastructure Monitoring trains is pretty much like...

Yes, it does. It'll rise as various milestones are reached.

The advert was specifically for the Infrastructure Monitoring side of the business

I'm not arguing with you. Please see my above reply.

...yes, they are. It's been specifically told to us this is the case when the job was advertised incase we forwarded it on to anyone we know who might like to apply.

Yes but you'd need to be willing to relocate as these positions are Derby based (or within 1 hour of Derby)

Most work is Monday-Friday but there is also quite a bit of weekend work about as well. For example, there's recovery shifts which run at the weekend which might get any mileage not recorded during the normal shift. Then there's booked work on a Sunday such as the NMT which heads North off of...

Trainee train driver role at Colas Rail. Specifically for the Infrastructure monitoring side of the business... https://careers.colasjobs.com/job/Derby-Trainee-Infrastructure-Monitoring-Train-Driver-DE24-8UP/788399702/ ...good luck to anyone applies

Railway medicals don't just look for illegal drugs. There are other medications which would not be allowed because of their side effects. However, as you're talking about a non safety critical role so I would imagine that your medications wouldn't be a problem. The best thing to do is be up...

A shunter in the freight world is someone who deals with the groundstaff duties for a train. This means preparing a train, putting it together, brake testing it and checking it's fitness to run - i.e. making sure it's not out of gauge, nothing loose/hanging off. You use radios or handsignals...

Have a look at the latest version of rule book module RS522 (Iss 2). Page 17 onwards explains the newer system.