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That's interesting TDK as I am in a similar position to Albert . If that's what they are looking for to be a guard perhaps you could enlighten us as to what experience you would be looking for to become a train driver off the street. I had the same instinct as the other posters on this...

Excellent, thanks clagmonster .

Ok thanks first class . I have to be in Doncaster by 08.30 unless i go the night before but might get a bit expensive . Looks like the car might be the best option.

Ok thanks Ivo . Yes thats a start and a bit better than the 3 hours i thought it would take. Who is that with by the way , Northern i presume. Herdster

Hi, Hope someone can give me a bit of advice here please. I am going to Doncaster on 3/310 for private driver assessment. I was hoping to go by train from Liverpool ( i live on the wirral) however it looks like a 3hour journey so might be better to go by car . Anyone...

Is it Indian Hill Railways? It's on tonight BBC4 9p.m and three part series Herdster

Come on guys , this was a good thread untill this bickering. Stuart moss , where did you get the info from for this weeks programmes ? I'm fed up of trawling through the tv guide , so if there's an easy way please let us know. Herdster

Thanks first class , if you don't mind me asking what do you do for Merseyrail and how long have you been with them? Another thought i had was although it seems a short turnaround to recruit , if you notice the vacancy was only up for about a week which i think is quite a short time...

Just thought , there's a thread on this forum about extra trains for merseyrail from May, if this is true they may need extra bods sooner rather than later Herdster

Thanks for the quick reply first class. I presume you are a driver with Merseyrail judging by your location and in depth knowledge of the job. So what you are saying is don't expect a job any time soon and that internals get first shot anyway. As for getting to be a driver for merseyrail...

Hi, I have applied for a guard position with merseyrail and although hours and pay are quoted not sure what the shift pattern would be . Also do the guards just work the one route or do they move around a bit ? Thanks in advance for any replies. Herdster

Hi, The Bose headphones are way overpriced at nearly £300 , a much better option if you really want noise cancelling h/phones are the Goldring NS1000 at £150 and they do actually work. I feel i can comment as i own a Hi-Fi / Home cinema shop but am looking to change direction into...

Telephone interviews for ATW trainee positions meant to start today . Has anyone who applied had any communication , I'm presuming as i haven't heard i didn't get through the paper sift unless they are behing schedule , here's hoping. Herdster

With regards to recruiting extra guards , I see merseyrail are advertising for guards with a deadline of 8/2/10 , so only a week to get applications in and 13 week training course so won't be far off the mark of May deadline

I have to agree with flyboy , end of Feb is a ridiculous amount of time to sift through 1000 applicants . Ok i appreciate they have other tasks to do but just two people for 4 hours a day and it would take no mor than two weeks. Look at ATW they have had probably 3/400 applicants for...

Hi, Having put my application in for Arriva ( the deadline was 24th) , what happens now? On the website it stated telephone interviews first week in Feb, is this the first contact we will have or will they give us some warning ? Just wondering if anyone has any inside info or...

Hi TDK, Being new to this industry i am not 100% sure what ERTMS is , some sort of traffic control system i think. Maybe you could enlighten me . Also why would this necessitate new drivers? Thanks, Herdster

TDK , many thanks for that reply , that's the kind of insight i was hoping for . That's a very high failure rate from the application forms . I must admit i would be very disappointed to fail at that hurdle as I consider myself of average intelligence with a lot of experience to give...

Not quite sure where you are coming from there Robert but thanks to everyone else for their replies. It's quite a tight time schedule for interviews etc . Hopefully Arriva aren't like the majority of other TOCS seem to be i.e stringing things out and even removing vacancies after some...

Thank you both for your replies. I'll have a look at that site now. Herdster