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So are you saying ATW didn't offer redundant freight train drivers, passenger train driver vacancies with them? :-?

Hi Craigybagel, No it's not pedantic at all mate, I welcome any advice and insight you can offer. It's good to learn how things will operate for me once I'm part of the team. So I will be starting and finishing shift in the same place I did the assessment day, which is good to know. Do...

Of course they are and that's a very relevant point which explains a lot. Thanks for highlighting that fact. I hope any transfers that may have taken place, do no more than just delay things for those of us treading water in the talent pool (see what I did there? :lol: )

Canton, Cardiff. Are you the same?

Hi Balol25, It's good to finally find someone else in the same boat as me. I've been contacting them around once every two months too. Probably making a nuisance of myself :D I'll let you know if I hear anything. If you get any news before me, please let me know. We may know more...

WTF? This is crazy. Evidently the council's Welsh translator doesn't speak Welsh ha ha. Absolutely ridiculous and frankly rather embarrassing!

Hi ATW-156, I see you've taken a look at my recent post and profile and was wondering if you too are in the same position as me, waiting for ATW to notify us of a Trainee Train Driver course start date. I don't know of any others currently in the talent pool, so to find someone else in the...

Now that makes sense. I take it you’re still working for Arriva? What's the general consensus on the impending franchise renewal next year? Arriva have done a great job with new initiatives and improved services since they took over, so surely they're in a good place for retaining the franchise?

Hi Tiptoptaff, That's rather intriguing and quite confusing. I was advised by the recruitment team that they had to offer freight train drivers, being made redundant, the opportunity to transfer into passenger train driver vacancies. Maybe I got it wrong but as long as it doesn't prevent me...

Thanks for your post, I found it rather reassuring. Have you just started with Arriva? Best of luck on the course. If you have time whilst going through the training, it would be nice to hear how you're getting on. Good luck with the new job and everything :)

I've been in Arriva Trains Wales’s, Trainee Train Driver Talent Pool since August 2016 (8 months at the time of posting this post). I was wondering if anyone else out there finds themselves in the same situation as me. I was the only person who attended my Assessment Day, so I haven’t met anyone...

Thanks for your advice, I'll be sure to nag them regularly ??????

Oh okay, so potentially North Wales may be a possible option for them, though it would still require relocating. It's such a shame, I know what being made redundant is like and my brothers are going through it at the moment with the steel industry here in South Wales. Hence the reason I was...

You're probably right.

Hi tb93, Yes and so they should be given that chance. It's a shame something couldn't have been done in a similar vein for the South Wales steel industry workers. The vast majority are still looking for new employment and there's little to go round for those guys where they live.

Hi Darandio, I can't comment on Teesdale, as I live in Wales where jobs of all descriptions are being lost. I am aware that up there you're in a similar position to us in Wales, as far as the way the country's wealth is distributed.

Hi KP1978 What I meant by that was, there are fewer Jobs to go round and more candidates for each job due to the freight driver jobs going. There are people waiting in the talent pool and fewer jobs to go round for the already qualified (freight and passenger) drivers.

As with Tarta Steel and Crown Cork & Seal, Wales is once again adversely affected by job cuts. Deutsche Bahn (Arriva) freight train drivers are facing redundancy. How good is the redundancy package? What's can they look forward to? Are you affected by this and if so, what are your...

Hi f19dge, Have you now completed the telephone interview already? Here's some advice, if I'm not too late... Learn about the company. Its history and current events / initiatives. Learn the routes your chosen TOC covers. Have customer services examples ready to give. Have safety...

Ha ha ha ha, well said. Playing poker for a living seems like a bit of a gamble to me. I wonder.what the pension's like