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    Free Travel

    The question was not directed at you and maybe I should have re-worded the sentence a little better. I will edit and take out "For the question about freight FOC's" in my thread now for you if I can edited the old thread. In my life, I wouldn't of thought it would bothered anyone, so I do...
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    Freight company employees

    You would have to start before 1993 to be classed as safe guarded employee to keep you passes. I'm lucky as I'm safe guarded, but we have fought over this for the new guys. It's not the company but ATOC. Because we can't supply a service for employees from aTOC's, ATOC will not allow...
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    Free Travel

    Not sure if this as changed but under FCC You would get free travel on their services You would get a 75% discount on rail travel You will get a Oyster card You get a Residential (travel to work) on EC as far as Newark, you used to get a residential on the Midland Mainline and...
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    Freightliner Intermodal after trainee drivers across UK

    Freightliner do put up internal trainee drivers jobs within the company (Intermodal), there was one up recently. We have quite a few shunter's that are now drivers within the company. We have had some more shunter's put in for the trainee drivers jobs for this year. Not all people put...
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    Freight Secondmen

    Ipswich have a number of trainees going through at the moment with intermodal. We have had some trainees that have passed as drivers in the starters link, but some are not yet passed out to go to London/P'boro. Some passed drivers haven't signed all traction. We have some trainees that...
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    Freightliner Intermodal after trainee drivers across UK

    There is a HH depot there though.
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    Freightliner Intermodal after trainee drivers across UK

    I hope this helps and give you a bit of insight.
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    Freightliner trainee driver positions ('Graduate scheme')

    Just to be aware, Dagenham are moving to a porter cabin in west Thurrock by Car giant
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    what tocs have the best booking on/off times

    Yes that's with Intermodal...It will differ from depot to depot, pending on work commitments at the depot. In my link we lodge at Tees port (Yarm) and Doncaster. These jobs are pretty good signing on times and mainly afternoons. We have 4 links. The starter link where all the grads go into...
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    what tocs have the best booking on/off times

    I'm in the East Coast link at freightliner Ipswich. Even though your asking about TOC's, we have many good sociable signing on times, better than commuter pax depots that only do earlies or lates. Everyone assumes we only do nights, but I only have 24 days in 39 weeks and they are not that...
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    Thameslink Control vacancy

    I'm sure it's around 44k/45k, that's what the GN kings X control were on around-ish. I know they have a lot of time off but I think they do 7 days on the trot of 12 hour nights. These jobs have been advertised for quite a while, even internal. The GN control may or will move to Three...
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    Lu train op or Freighliner

    I work at Intermodal has a driver and have a lot of dealings with control. I'm not sure what shifts they do, but I think it's based on 12hrs with quite a bit of time off. I also think they have to cover leave between themselves, but also not sure. Weekends maybe limited, because trains don't...
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    Freightliner trainee driver positions ('Graduate scheme')

    Unless you started pre 1996, you will not be entitled to free travel. Freightliner are not members of ATOC, the same as any other FOC....ATOC will not give any new starters free travel. The reason is, is that freight can't offer a service to others that are members of a TOC, even though we...
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    Freightliner

    Ok...You will need at least 5 years mainline driving, unless they have change it. Yourself being a trainee and I'm being quite straight here, I don't think you will have a chance at the moment. They like drivers who have some sort of route knowledge of the routes they go over. West Coast...
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    Freightliner

    Unfortunately I don't know you, so I can't give out any numbers, so apologies. Not sure what the best is really. If you are Qualified, you should be able to speak to someone in the industry...If you are a ASLEF member, look up the LDC reps, they will give you the info you need. HR will...
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    Freightliner

    Arh right. Sorry can't not give that info out I'm afraid, but the DSM's do not have anything to do with the trainee drivers. They will only start taking a interest when they have passed out with all their Rules and Regs...At the moment Ipswich have taken on more Intermodal Trainees which...
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    Freightliner

    what is it your after ?

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