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Yes, thanks for the information. I tried this last night and my accuracy was much improved. I thought that all lines had to be completed and hence I rushed. I tried what you and a couple of other commenters suggested and my accuracy has much improved.

Thanks for your reply - I'm not able to do 15 rows. I'm regularly only getting 10 and from what you're saying this seems to be acceptable. I'm feeling a bit more positive about the quantity of rows that I can complete, if only I could get my accuracy up!

Interesting, I thought that all 15 rows had to be completed! When doing my practice, I am regularly completing only 10 rows and thought this would be really bad. Having said that, I am regularly only getting one or two rows accurate anyway. Do partial scores count? ie if I get 9 groups out of 10...

When doing the tests, I have to fight a natural urge to go from left to right on the first (odd) row, but then scan from right to left on the second (even) rows. Do you think this is causing me an issue? Should I always go right to left? I didn't think it would matter, but maybe so....

Thanks for the replies. I'll carry on doing them, but maybe do them earlier in the day and in a quieter environment.

I am just practicing my bourdon group dot tests and I'm not doing very well. I did 5 pages of 15 lines each spending 2 minutes per page. For my first attempt I got 5 lines of the 45 correct. Just how critical are these...? :oops::(

Apologies, I may not have read the drawings correctly. I've only just noticed that the post is quite an old one, so information might have moved on since then.

Hi I hope you don't mind a couple of questions from a complete outsider to the rail industry (other than being a passenger), so here goes: 1) There doesn't seem to be much room for large luggage. Where would that be expected to fit. 2) For the coach that has the three wheelchair spaces: why is...

I've just tried a route in a class 66 with AWS enabled and all the signalling HUD repeaters turned off. Its a much more engaging experience and much harder work! I think I'm starting to learn....

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/northern-hiring-train-drivers-cool-ps53000-year-salary-1369416 This isn't really news. Northern seems to have been hiring for months. I have one application outstanding (and still under assessment) since October. How long does the...

Ah I hadn't thought of that but it makes so much sense! Thanks for the reply from the real world. Perhaps the scenarios would offer more interactions rather than the scheduled services.

I have the additional Trans Pennine, heavy freight and Somerset Railway routes. Although they don't always appear in my menu. PS4 here.

Does anyone else here play Train Sim World 2020? I am finding that every signal that I come across seems to be green and even with the AWS enabled, I rarely get an alarm. Is there any way to increase the difficulty level?

How does it work with the loss of their franchise? How come they are still recruiting...?

.......into which we do not pass solids! (Little Britain?)

Apologies if this is distasteful or covered elsewhere, but it is a genuine question that I just don't know the answer to. How do train drivers take toilet breaks? I was particularly considering drivers of long distance routes or freight trains where access to the train lavatories or station...

Does anyone intend to go to Leeds event? (See picture attached, sorry I couldn't find a link nor get the Northern site to show me this). If you have been, did you find it useful? I am intending to go to the Anfield one on Wednesday, so having to take the day off work to do so. I already have...

Over the last couple of months, I have noticed a large number of cancellations and delays due to 'damage to over head wires' while running north of Preston. I thought that overhead wiring equipment was a fairly established technology and reasonably reliable. Is there a new factor or cause for this?

Good luck and great news! It's encouraging to know that perseverance pays off. I have been applying for a trainee train driver job for a number of months and do get discouraged when I see jobs that are either out of my area require previous train driving experience (I guess Train Sim World on...