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    Apprentice Train Driver - Crosscountry - Multiple Locations (09/02/2021)

    I don’t need them to increase my chances or speed up due to the fact I’m already in a drivers job elsewhere, I just needed the HR contact.
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    Apprentice Train Driver - Crosscountry - Multiple Locations (09/02/2021)

    Would anyone have the contact email for HR/recruitment please? Cheers
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    Abellio Online Assesment

    Mate we have been told we might not be back this year and there is 2 more courses already running behind us at the academy for Worcester.
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    Abellio Online Assesment

    Might see you around at some point then bud if they ever get us back in.
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    Abellio Online Assesment

    What depot you guys down for?
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    ‘Driver’ isn’t the only job on the railway

    You actually only end up paying an extra 10% in taxes on your earnings that come into the higher tax rate.
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    Abellio Online Assesment

    All your rules training is done at the academy in Birmingham regardless off what depot you will be at
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    Mistakes you made as a trainee

    I’m guessing as they hadn’t pressed the uncouple button it was still electronically coupled so had break release and power through the whole train when they tried to move
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    Mistakes you made as a trainee

    Anytime I’m having a bad day I’m just going to think of you. Sorry to laugh at your misfortune as it was obviously a really ****ty day But seriously, thanks for sharing as it’s lightened up my day.
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    WMT Driver Pool - 2021/22

    By the looks of things you’ll be starting before I get called back in lol, DM phoned the other day and reconfirmed that it’ll prob be June before I get back and in the seat.
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    WMT Driver Pool - 2021/22

    Nice one bud, I new you’d be alright. I’ll be able to pinch a lift to work once your up and running lol.
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    WMT - New Drivers Routes, Signing and Traction

    Sorry I wasn’t being very clear with what I said. I meant in general you won’t be asked to go and cover WMR booked work for a few days somewhere if you’re LNWR or vice versa. As you say there are definitely jobs that have cross over work where you hand the train over to the other half of the...
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    WMT - New Drivers Routes, Signing and Traction

    You work out of your own depot only and sign the routes and traction for your depot. The two different brands don’t cross over. There could well be exceptions to each of these I guess, but I’ve not heard of any.
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    Railway driver colourblindness

    Been having a bit of a read about the colour blind corrective glasses. Apparently they don’t work for everyone and for those that they do work for it is with varying success. Seems that it’s just not a consistent enough or good enough fix. I’d imagine with advancing tech that in the end someone...
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    A career as a train driver

    You could have answers, reminders or anything pinned to walls etc to help you if you did it from home. Has to be in person so can they can ensure it’s all done fairly.
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    Uniform advice

    To be fair until Covid you used to get called in for a uniform fitting before you started so we a bit more straightforward. But even then most of us had stuff missing from the uniform that you could be waiting a month or more to get hold of. As someone said above they are happy for you to wear...
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    WMT Driver Pool - 2021/22

    Best of luck Dan mate
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    I did everything with freightliner in 2018 and was put in the pool. I got a phone call today asking me to go to interview again in a few weeks time. I’ve have said to withdraw my application on 2 previous occasions that I was called about re interviewing as I’ve been in a drivers job for 16...
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    Anyone have any details about leamington spa driver depot

    . 1611097532 At the moment Sunday’s are out side the working week and not committed which means if you don’t want to work your booked Sunday you don’t have to, but if you do work a Sunday it’s payed at time and a half.

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