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Plymouth is (just) under an hour from a FGW depot at Par, Cornwall. There are plenty of other FGW depots across the region (that you can Google), you wouldn't have to move far.

No, no requirement - can't do any harm though, and if unsuccessful at driver they might find another position within the company. Mine has all happened quite quickly now*; e-mail through from Verifile on Thursday, spoke to them in the afternoon & uploaded all the info that evening, they'd...

You can go back to your application and upload a CV. If you go to your 'Application Submission History' and use the 'View application' button (careful - it's next to the 'Remove Self from Consideration' button!) on the right hand side it takes you to your 'CV and Application Profile' page. At...

I can't speak for FTPE, but with FGW one can purchase a season ticket for other TOCs at 1/4 the regular cost. No discount available with London Underground.

You'll have to forgive my lame attempt at humour, TDK! I didn't seriously expect the 'wide boy' to make a good impression. In this day and age it's hard to believe that people don't go all-out to impress at every stage of selection, particularly for one that is pretty well paid and where the...

So, did he get the job?..

Over the last year I've applied to 3 First Group TOCs (3rd time lucky!). The second and third times I applied (Summer '12) my CV was already present from the initial application back in February, as were all my personal details. One can enter and edit ones personal details, like place of...

Hope so Dave! Just waiting for the confirmation that the medical sample sent away for testing was ok - and joining instructions of course. Look forward to meeting you.

Yeah, seems sensible.

I think one can only apply for one depot within a franchise at a time. That was certainly the case with Northern when I tried them, I can't remember what the case was with my Greater Anglia application - it was by post and I didn't hear a dickie bird back from them. I did have 3 applications...

Thanks all. The flat won't be ready for a few weeks so I'll get plenty of practice on the trouser press, Reading looks a bit cheaper than Oxford for accommodation. Anyhoo got an idea of what's ahead.

Do FGW train at each individual depot across the franchise, or do they have a 'central' location for all classroom training? Although I have a flat to move in to in the near future close to my 'chosen' depot (Oxford) I will be 'doing an Alan Partridge' and living in a Travelodge for a few...

I'm 'resting' between jobs at the moment, so anything's good. Not going to get too deeply in to politics, however, some might opine that the low-ish training pay is what makes the qualified driver's pay that much better. The pay's very similar to joining the military - albeit one's...

Given that it seems, usually, to take months to reach the final stages of selection and the medical following an application, I don't think this is something that should be bothering you too much, unless you have to give 6 months notice!

It took 3 months for me to receive a reply to my application for a trainee driver role at FGW.

Shouldn't think that there will be an awful lot of that...

Well, I certainly wasn't confused!

All good info, looks like 1/60 accrual is a good ballpark figure. Hoping to find out the full details in ~3 weeks of course! As I mentioned, it wasn't a deciding factor in choosing train driving as a career; useful for thinking about what might happen in a couple decades time though. Not sure I...

OK, fair enough re. average salary. Any chance you could let me know the accrual rate?

I'm about to start, on what I hope will be a long career, as a train driver with FGW. Although it certainly wasn't a 'unique selling point' I noted that the job spec mentioned it had a 'final salary pension'. After much Googling, and looking at this forum, I can't find any information as to how...