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Hi @SVDW995 , Congratulations on getting through to assessment stage and good luck on your assessments! :) I'm glad that my earlier response was useful. You're in the right place to find further information, and I know that you'll ask if there's anything else you need. Once again...

@a2d2 Glad it was helpful! :) Good luck with the next stage of your application!

You're welcome and good luck! I'm sure you understanding of the role and enthusiasm will shine through! But good luck, nonetheless!

@SVDW995 Glad they were useful! You're very welcome! Good luck! 1603985752 @Mohka89 You're welcome! Thanks for the thanks!

Congratulations! Really happy for you! (As you already know, there's a lot of good advice on this forum!) Good luck!

Congratulations on getting through the assessment centre. Naturally, Waterloo is the largest depot. They have the most trainees and the most DIs. Currently (and for over a year), Waterloo has been seen as a priority where they need to get trainees through. That doesn't mean that there isn't...

This is a difficult one. When I did my DMI, they initially talked in great detail about the role and the salary for about 20 minutes, leaving nothing unanswered. Also, you are expected to do your research way before DMI, so asking objective questions could make it seem like you simply haven't...

That's a very positive attitude, @LokiB ! I wish you the very best of luck in your application!

Hi @LokiB You're very welcome. I'm sorry to hear how familiar you are with the long waits in rail recruitment. And I'm sorry that you've failed tests in the past. I'm glad that you haven't let it put you off! Good luck with your application with Northern. If you've been invited to...

Usually when you apply, you might be asked, pretty soon, to complete some online tests. These are designed to be an initial screening to weed out people who are very unlikely to pass the psychometric testing. When you get through the online tests, you will go to paper sifting. If you are...

Thank you.

Look back at the job advertisement. They will have listed the competencies which they expect you to have. They are likely to include things such as a high regard for safety, an excellent communicator, able to follow rules and procedures, being able to make decisions, etc. Hope this is helpful.

See https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trainee-train-driver-assessment-day.172736/ post 3. Hope that's helfpul.

456s are not authorised as single units due to the risk of getting gapped. However, I don't think that there's much appetite for short two-car units these days. When 455s and 456s are coupled and uncoupled, a person needs to go between the units, so it is a two-person job. Usually they get...

No, all freight through there are diesel hauled. There might be some measurement trains but they have a 73 on each end.

The red and white lights displayed simultaneously on 444s and 450s in Clapham Yard means the train has been prepped. The ones that haven't been prepped just have reds.

The shoes are not always on the same vehicles as the motors. For example, the 455s consist of DT(A)-MC-NDT-DT(B). The motors are on the motor coach (MC). The collector shoes are on the driving trailers (DT(A) and DT(B)). All shoes are connected together. Therefore, if any collector shoe of...

Thanks for that!

Class 456 trains are not authorised to operate as a two-car train on the mainline - they must be coupled with one or two 455 units. Class 455 and 456 trains cannot be coupled or uncoupled in service. Many of the services through Surbiton (Woking, Hampton Court and Guildford via Cobham trains)...

SWR do not authorise the use of two-carriage electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. Class 456 trains are not authorised to run (outside of depots) as two car trains. Also, no more than one class 456 unit can be included in a formation.