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I thought Avanti drivers had Sundays inside the working week? Or is it like Northern with committed booked Sundays?

Anyone heard back yet from Avanti regarding this role. It's been over two months and no reply from the company for me.

I've worked on the railway for 15 years (both guard, driver etc) and worn contact lenses the whole time. Only a couple of times have I had issues with dry eyes- mainly as a guard sticking my head out the window to cool down on old units and due to hay-fever or stupidly touching my eyes with...

Thanks for the info

How did lodging work at intermodal? Did you get some time off between turns to enjoy yourself?

I could imagine paying for hotels doing London work (probably where the demand for drivers is) would burn through that 15k pretty quickly doing 4-5 night stays a week.

I saw that vacancy for mobile train driver myself and was thinking about applying for it. However, I was put off by them offering expenses as a fixed amount which I think is on the low side if you're expected to work away all week in decent hotels/eating out.

Too many swinging the lead hoping to be paid to go away on the railway

As a relatively experienced railway worker myself let me just state that anyone who last longer than a month in the control room for a Toc deserves a medal. The amount of pressure that they are under these days is unbelievable, and 9 times out of 10 they are doing there absolute best under...

Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought originally.

Hello all, Been thinking about moving to freightliner intermodal as a qualified driver in the north west area but I'm a little confused on the location of intermodal depots (I have contradicting information- I've read only Crewe is an intermodal depot?). The freightliner vacancy website seems...

Whilst everyone is debating the speeds a train approaches stations just remember the seconds saved by aggressive driving (braking) are inevitably spent sat outside the terminating station waiting for a booked path.

From my own experience in the depths of leaf fall when you follow a RHTT the track isn't pristine and it has just added moisture to the track. So until the track dries I think there is still poor railhead adhesion. Additionally, the RHTT blows moisture onto the adjacent track as well as leaves...

158's are also a joy to drive (although the cab's are a little bit on the small side)

I'm not sure I agree that train driving is an absolute doddle, even in good conditions. Where I work I'm taught to have plenty of redundancy in how I brake and every unit I drive behaves differently, whether it is braking strength, brake type, whether wheels have been turned or brake blocks are...

I would go and speak to your depot driver managers. They'll let you practice on compass (rules questions) if you want to brush up on your knowledge or get some confidence.

From my own research (was thinking over transferring from passenger) I imagine you'll be at least running up to Crewe/Trafford park/ maybe Garston? as they run containers down to Southampton (via Eastleigh) and maybe over to Wembley. Good luck with your application.

There are definitely a lot of unmasked undesirables on the railways at the moment with increased levels of anti-social behaviour from my own experience. However the same can be said for during the most oppressive periods of lockdown.

Doesn''t happen often at my depot. Usually caused by random departures from normal workings on diagrams that catch out even the most conscientious drivers.

Hello, I was wondering if anybody had information on Garston Freightliner depot? I'm guessing it's intermodal with it being near the ports? Any information on shifts (start/finish times, shift pattern?), opportunity for overtime and pay for rest days, typical routes and traction that will be...