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If you’re based in Brum, I would apply to Chiltern for the train manager position they’re advertising. Good experience doing safety critical work and scope to progress to driving with Chiltern or other TOCs. It’s right to say that you don’t need to do anything else to become a driver, but being...

Yes, a Worcester Driver Instructor has been detached with a 170, which New Street men sign, to run road learning shuttles.

It’s certainly possible. My good lady and I both work shifts and she lives 65 miles away but we still spend 75% of our time together. You get out what you put in really.

I had testing with a different TOC and OPC told me I couldn’t progress as I needed enhanced level pass marks, and then I was told that I should apply for one job at a time. So I’m out.

I’m five hours and thirty nine minutes away, so it might be that.

Yes, me too. Bit surprised really

Hi there, Just wondering if anyone knows whether failing an MMI counts as a lost life in applying to drive. Also, have got one coming up and would appreciate any tips or advice on what to expect. Cheers.

Have many people completed the second round of testing? The Visual Search Exercise is a bit of a challenge.

I don’t have any personal experience of this but which of those protected characteristics do you feel have been held against you, if you don’t mind me asking? At New Street the staff seem to be fairly diverse but I’m interested to hear what your particular experience is.

Good morning, Making this post on behalf of a friend who's applied for the Customer Service Officer position with EMT at Leicester. Does anyone have any information regarding the shift patterns, start and finish times, requirement for Sunday working and any other general information that could...

Not a problem mate, best of luck.

Your job as a dispatcher is the safety of passengers on the station, ensuring boarding and alighting is done safely and minimising risk during dispatch which is the area of greatest risk. Make sure you research the company and have some knowledge about routes and stations.

Right, so you’ll be dispatching then? From my experience (albeit with a different company) you’ll have some competency based questions so it’s good to prepare examples about customer service, safety, emergencies and dealing with an awkward customer. Would also be beneficial to mention PTI, which...

Hello, which TOC/station please?

Well, London Midland used the Group Bourdon, which is the dot test, so I imagine that’s what they’ll be using still.

Not a problem. Their number is ‭01904 568543‬. That’s the HR contact centre in York. They can be quite slow and do need chasing up sometimes so best of luck to you.

Northern HR are fairly bad but saying that, so are all HR departments. If you like I can give you the phone number for their HR department in York and you can make enquiries that way. I speak from personal experience when I say the only way to get anything done is pestering them.

Hello all, wondered if anyone here knows anything about the depot, the nature of the work including routes and traction and anything else that might be relevant. Cheers, TD

I’ve heard some old hands refer to “Churchill and Blakedown” as opposed to just Blakedown. At the station, the converted former sognalbox still says Churchill and Blakedown.

I would be truly amazed if any new starters are current Railway employees. And I know for a fact internals don’t want these jobs. After all, Dispatch is the first rung on the ladder. Best of luck to those who were unsuccessful and congratulations to those who were successful.