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As far as I remember, yes it doesn't cost you anything presently. However, your tax code in the following tax year is lower. This means your tax free allowance decreases the more you hotel stay or use taxis.

You do get a priv (for leisure only) and a tfl ptac for commuting. I think there's a fixed allowance towards national rail season tickets (but the further out you are, the overall % discount will be less). The subsidised commuting seems to favour within the London zones. Sundays are within the...

I've done 2 driver manager interviews. Both mostly asked competency questions "Can you give me an example of a time when you have...". Sometimes I had to use the same example from a previous question, but use it in a different way or expand/elaborate on it. 1 company asked me about the company...

Yep, french Eurostar drivers are seconded from SNCF. The same was true of Thalys drivers. I guess the merging brings them all under 1 roof. I believe beforre Eurostar became an actual conpany entity (it was just a brand and run by BR residual, SNCF & SNCB before), a french driver could be on a...

Should have asked to borrow her stick, and use it as a pointing device to the 4 sign :lol:

I've worked in the railways for many years, and have generally found staff have many anecdotes about the daft questions that the general public have asked. Occasionally a little facetious reply will sneak out :lol: Has anyone else had these moments? Some of the ones that stand out: Pax...

Yes, but don't forget @Osian85 that it's the Daily Mail. The most expensive toilet paper in Britain. I don't know why people buy it, I like the quilted stuff :lol:

Ohhh, I really want to start a thread on anecdotes of stupid questions that railway staff have been asked :D

If you don't have much safety critical role experience so far, it could be valuable. You'll learn some of the Rulebook and have to work strictly within those Rules. However, you have to weigh it up with the question "do I want this job?"

I mean, printing "Spanish practices" sounds like racism to me. Foreigners! Lazy people! This odious expression should be retired. How dare drivers have 5 min to walk to/from their messroom! When Daily Mail readers commute to work by train, they want their driver to be fatigued, miserable, and...

TOC issued watch is perfectly fine,. My TOC's driving policy forbids any smart watch or device switched on in the cab. Water bottle, paracetamol/Lemsip, cappuccino sachet, decent thermos flask, spare pens and highlighters, spare railway keys, oaty bites/cereal bars for when there's delays...

I totally agree. The railway relies on goodwill. Booking-on points asking for overtime, or "ooh you're spare, we're desperate, could you come in 1-2hrs early and cover...." will be getting flat refusals. Manager/platform despatcher requests to couple/uncouple something will be refused. "If it's...

Their economics are way off by the look of it. Did you notice the comparison graph of salaries? According to that bogus diagram, it seems train drivers had a massive increase in wages over the past 2-3 years. Whereas we all know, most train drivers have not had a wage increase in almost 5 years...

From memory, the most daily Eurostar departures from London I ever saw was 31, maybe 32. Harking back to 2012 and the London Olympics, Eurostar ran extra trains in anticipation of big demand (that didn't really materialise). 20 to Paris 10 to Brussels, 1 to Disneyland, and 1 to Avignon. Also...

Indeed. You could purchase: • Through fares from about 100 UK stations. • Eurostar + reserved Thalys fares to the Netherlands and Germany. • Eurostar + Any Dutch station. • Eurostar + Any German station (with different fares according to distance). And ticket offices that actually open, to...

All of the above is great advice. I wanted to add a couple of things not mentioned yet. When there has been strike action, and management were temporarily covering signallers, guards, and other roles, be aware it has been known they may be more prone to error. Question it if it doesn't feel...

It might be a different salary structure in other parts of LNR, like in the West Mids. I'm a Bletchley driver. My starting salary was 28k. It went up to "1st year salary" 46k after 9 months, regardless where I was in training (classroom is completed within 4 months, handling usually takes...

You may! I wasn't a driver then, I had station roles at both Waterloo & St Pancras. I left to become a driver on the WCML because internal recruitment was not possible. @D6130 - funny you should mention Milton Keynes as I live there now :lol: @baz962 - still have to say thanks for posting the...

All Eurostar employees have access to a priv card for UK leisure travel, and a FIP card for european travel. Alas the priv cannot be used to commute to/from work. The travel allowance is based on purchasing a season ticket and the company pays you back some of the costs (when I left in 2019 it...

You can keep your Prets & Greggs. Bletchley Bakery & Café opened this year. I've regularly gone there on a break or when sat spare in Bletchley messroom. If I don't work off the eclairs, I'm going to get too tubby to fit in my uniform :lol...