Search results

Late evening Sutton - Wimbledon services are often empty. Not one passenger on my 8 car on Friday evening!

ASLEF is the main/obvious union one. There are others but I think these maybe be a more TOC by TOC basis (or depot by depot). Best thing is to wait until you get in to the job and see which ones take your fancy.

IMHO the hardest bit is getting past the paper sift. After then, if you have the aptitude and do as much as you can to find out about what the assessment process entails then you have a great chance! :)

No Fowler don't give up. While there are loads of my ex-colleagues about the place there are plenty of people from other backgrounds too. I've had a mass of trainees out with me for weeks getting some front end experience and they come from all walks. Yes police but also, army, paramedics, fire...

Agreed. So some say it can be done and other say it can't. Will it be done? I doubt it. As suggested already, the capital expenditure would be huge. If the rail network will be disappearing because of all these new driverless cars then it would far more likely be run down and closed (like...

Spot on.

Well, my 2p worth... I was a PC for nearly 9 years. The job was monotony in reality. Same faces, same shi* different day. My force was a poor northern one and there was no opportunity for promotion (despite being qualified), no opportunity for specialising and just about no point to actually...

Have a look at the top of the sticky at the top of the Railway Jobs & Careers page

I'd best have a go at it then next time I get the Bromley South turnback. :lol:

I thought it was 20mph on the points whichever way you go (whether DCM or DH), when arriving from Loughborough Junction? We did have a discussion on the shift as to whether the 45mph was allowed if heading towards Beckenham Jct but decided the Sectional Appendix suggested 20mph. I'd have to feel...

Not the case at my depot (there is one less night turn, otherwise the number of jobs is the same as midweek).

Thank you. Where does found what routeing is actually allowed for journeys on NR? I have a feeling this could be a very big document...

There are 3 reasonable ways to get to London to Norwich in my eyes: Liverpool Street - Norwich via Ipswich (the usual GEML route) Liverpool Street - Norwich via Cambridge (the WAML route) Kings Cross - Norwich via Cambridge. When I look up the London terminals to Norwich online via BR fares it...

I'm a bit confused by number 2 here? We have fewer drivers available on a Saturday not more. Yes we run fewer services but the jobs are far more intensive and longer than other weekdays. I have never sat spare on a Saturday. I have on other days. Again, as to inefficient rosters - I only have...

Good sir (or madam), may I request what you do for a living/earnings? You asked (pages ago I think) whether train drivers were working class. Some are some aren't, if class distinctions really exist now as they did then. Certainly the background of newer drivers is far more varied than the old...

Thanks. I'm guessing not LST - CHI via Stratford though (for those engineering days)? What are the shifts like? I know someone who knows someone who works there and say they pretty much get every weekend off (which surprised me as I thought Sunday's were inside) as they said it's easy enough...

I'm all for making progress but this feels like a step back. Similar to Railtrack days though not quite the same. There's a lot of criticism of TOCS being 'bus companies' trying to run trains but what experience do they have of running infrastructure?! And what about franchise changes "nah...

Hmmm interesting. What routes are signed at Chingford? Presumably: Liverpool Street - Chingford Liverpool Street - Enfield/Cheshunt (also a diversionary via Tottenham Hale) Is that it or are any of the GA routes still signed? Is there still a GA depot at Chingford? The only thing...

Norwood Junction?

I'm confused by all this. This forum is full of very well informed people (both staff and not staff). I've not seen a single post (though i've not read all 15 pages admittedly) suggesting this could be a good way to go. Who on earth is advising Chris Grayling?! Do they know something we...