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West Ealing, by Plassers.

Best of luck, and I hope it all goes well for you, but... Don't assume that you will be successful when applying for the Apprenticeship - there is an awful lot of competition - and equally do not assume that the Apprenticeship will lead to a driving job, although it would be beneficial to your...

There has been some driver training and testing on AC there, but it'll be AC between Paddington and Taplow/Maidenhead only at start of public service.

GWR use Glypha.

If it's coach E it could be that you'll be in the DPTF of a class 800. That's Driving Pantograph Trailer First. So you've got yourself a free upgrade as the only wheelchair accessible accommodation on a 5 car 800 is in first class.

That's what 800s have got.

No, not at all. A significant chunk of the conversion is about Module AC, including running under the OLE, responding to ADD activations, loss of line light, coasting under the OLE etc. which is all learned and practiced on simulators. The practical handling for mainline drivers is all...

More comfortable I'd say.

Not a lot of difference between first & standard in my experience. First impression is not good admittedly, but I find them ok. Others might feel differently of course.

That was back in July when pan up was at maximum 20mph. There have been further tests this week at Taplow/Maidenhead (as this is where power changeover will take place - manually rather than automatic - for a while when the service starts), to see if there are any issues when raising the pan at...

They don't look very comfortable, they don't feel very comfortable when you first sit down. But, having sat in them for quite some time on various test/training trains, they actually are quite comfortable in my opinion.

There has been a drive to boost performance at GWR recently which has included staff normally based in offices getting out and about on stations to assist with despatch by e.g., helping passengers on & off trains and shutting HST doors. It could have been that you saw maybe?

They're not as visible as that. JamesGar's post upthread puts it well - you do need to be a bit of a contortionist to find them.

Technically, no.

Essentially, yes. HSS do the HSTs, LTV do the units. Not quite as simple as that but almost. Now that nearly all Padd LTV drivers sign 387s, it'll help ease the pressure (less releases needed for training) on the LTV side, but just as HSS drivers need to be released for 800 training!

I don't know whether the full blockade is going ahead or not, but there was certainly some uncertainty yesterday pm. Which, if that genuinely was the case, would make it a bit late to reschedule everything to run through Reading, no?

Very nearly all Padd LTV drivers now sign 387s. A small number are still to be trained.

Soon? Already happening! 3 Bristol HSS drivers already sign 800s, should be up to 4 by the end of the week, with plenty more to follow.

On the other hand, the changeover is done on the approach to a signal which is regularly at danger, so there's a SPAD risk due to distraction if the changeover fails and the driver is fiddling around with controls that, on a 377, require the driver to look up and to the left. In other words, not...

Do you mean the traction changeover procedure from AC to DC and vice versa? It's done every time a 377 goes to Milton Keynes and again on the way back, and is the same regardless of whether it's done on the move (which is technically possible) or at a stand, so Link 1 Norwood drivers who work...