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Where I work the turnover tends to be down to people moving on to other jobs becausethe job is a great foot in the door, and as above widely acknowledged as one of the toughest, least glamourous and most arduous jobs on the railway. But I might be biased... I would still recommend doing it to...

The answer is money, and the fact that eventually I’ll move on to something that isn’t a Dispatcher.

Yes, it’s much the standard railway competency based interview, but it has been a while since I did it .

I don’t know for sure so please don’t quote me on anything. All I saw was the online advert which only said talent pool.

My understanding is that it’s a talent pool however I believe a couple of people are due to leave before long.

The dispatch job has quite high turnover as people tend to stay for only as long as they need to before becoming a driver or guard. I do the job at the moment and it has its ups and downs. You are quite exposed and at the sharp end when it goes wrong however it’s a great challenge and a...

I think as long as they are EU standard it doesn’t matter. I wear Doc Martens slip on boots with steel toecaps and they’re very comfortable.

Speaking about de-branding, a lot of stations in the Worcester area have had the London Midland logo on the bottom of station signs covered over.

It's alright mate, I'm on the snow hill lines for LM as well, was just trying to work out if we know each other!

Which depot are you at Cheggers? I'd stay where you are. I find myself tempted to look at other stuff not unlike you are but then I think of people I know who have left the railway and lived to regret it. I know the threat of DOO is looming but there will still be jobs, plus there's no...

Hi all, I've got an assessment day tomorrow for Chiltern, position is trainee train manager at Stourbridge. Could anyone offer me some pearls of wisdom, advice or a general impression of what to expect? I've done the testing before so that shouldn't be a problem but any other info would be...

I'm not sure to be honest mate, haven't yet heard back. The worst thing is to be mute by far. I'm not great at the either, but try to get talking to your fellow applicants before, learn their names and develop a rapport. This helps make it easier to work together. If possible, try to keep a eye...

Hello, had one three weeks ago and it hasn't changed compared to what others have said. Be prepared for the interview as soon as you walk in, as mine was booked for 1300 and I more or less went straight in to the interview. Mine was conducted by a Conductor Manager for a different depot (the...

To be honest I was very surprised as well. I know the jobs went to two internal candidates and fair play to them, but I was a little peeved. It was after the group task. Within the group were another two GWR staff and a former Connec Guards manager, so a shock that they didn't get a look in too.

I was with five others in the group and none of us even got an interview. So, not brilliantly...

With stations you have far less scope for working rest days due to the fact they have fewer turns to cover. However, there's plenty of scope for working Sundays. I'm within the same company at a different station but that's the case here so I imagine Snow Hill would be much the same. There are...

The primary role of the CSS is to roster all of the staff in their area and monitor remote booking on and off. So at Longbridge the CSS is responsible for everywhere between Five Ways and Redditch/Bromsgrove.

Hello, I'm due a stage two assessment for train manager with GWR. I'm fairly familiar with the job description given I work with them on a daily basis, but I'm looking for some advice and information on the structure of the day and what I can expect. Any help will be very much appreciated...

I know Northern accept applications from age 20 however they are the only TOC I know to do this, for the rest I don't think anyone will look at you until you're 21. My advice is, if you're too young, start somewhere lower on the totem pole. Some TOCs have excellent apprenticeship programmes and...

Generally, the basic length of a shift is 08:45 however we work fostered overtime so under normal circumstances they can be as long as 10:15. Hidden rules apply and the maximum length is 12 hours for safety critical work.