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    MTR Crossrail - Now recruiting for Trainee & Qualified Drivers

    How did you get on then ? Any updates from any body else
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    Railway benefits

    Thanks for the insight guys.does the atoc travel card then include the likes of great northern .
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    Railway benefits

    Hi all .can anybody please explain the benefits of working in the industry please and some more information on the atoc travel benefit .( im not sure it is called that but something similar ) Thanks all
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Same here please.... We all friends here... No secrets :l:lol:
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    Training in progress

    Thanks very much for your posts people,all very good interesting stuff. I am under no illusion that there will be a lot of learning and homework to be done and most of your spare time will be hitting the books. Being a driver like you say maybe isn't the most attractive job to many but in this...
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    Training in progress

    Thanks for the insight buddy. Sounds hard work but you sound like your enjoying it ..with regards to exams etc ,are they once a month or as and when the course dictates.free lunch is a bonus , yeah I'm trying to get in to the industry. It's just interesting to hear about it all . Thanks
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    Training in progress

    Hi all Just wanted to start a thread to see if anybody is currently on or has finished their training for the position of train driver (trainee ) and to maybe hear some information about how's it going ,allocated holidays ,a normal working day whilst in training ,you know all that sort of...
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Thanks guys. Anyone else been given a start date
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Hi all. Just received a letter confirming my start date. February next year !!! I still have to pass medical but am over the moon .:D
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    How does refrenecing work for job offers

    .i would just like to know how a t.o.c goes about refrencing people if offered a position ,do they ask months before or is it after you have been giving a postion. Also what type of references do they ask for ? Is it from someone like your doctor etc or just the normal ex boss type of thing ...
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ What he said
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Hi tweeds I was led to believe that recruitment will open up again in October but will be for positions on the west side.. Don't get dishearted mate as you done all the hard work in the tests so next time it's just the DM interview you will have to do and you know where to improve. Best of...
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    MTR CROSSRAIL Medical

    Yeah let's hope so as the medical im finding really daunting as unlike the rest of the stages you can't really practise or prepare for it and not knowing what to expect is brutal. Did they give you any info on when your likely to be starting as I was told next year now if successful
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Hi moedot With regards to managers interview im not sure I can help you as its all about them asking you various different questions etc,it is more of a2 way conversation though which I found nice . All the best bud
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    MTR CROSSRAIL Medical

    Hi All. I would just like to know if anybody else has a medical coming up for MTR and if so has also be given new starter forms to fill out and take into headquarters . I wasn't sure if this was the norm as didnt think you would get the forms etc until you have passed medical and the...
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    Tbh there isn't really any tips to give as it's all about you as an individual and how you deal with certain situations etc .you just need to be honest and straight with them because they will proper question you about it . I was in mine for over an hour .what I did do though was to take in...
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    I had my DMI On the 11th June and found out I had passed on the 17 th, and had my second assessment day 2 weeks before that so relatively quick between those two but the rest of it has taken its time.first applied back in February and now again have to wait till September for medical but was...
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    MTR Cross Rail Successful Driver applicants Sharing info

    I'm hoping to get ilford as that's what I thought was advertised way back when I saw it . I got medical on 3rd September and been asked to take in my new starter forms afterwards.its just the wait that's the killer.
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    MTR Crossrail - Now recruiting for Trainee & Qualified Drivers

    I was told in my interview that they would be opening up recruitment for the reading sitesatwr this year.good luck to those that apply
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    I bought there vigilance dvd aswell as the perception dvd and have successfully passed all...

    I bought there vigilance dvd aswell as the perception dvd and have successfully passed all assessments! I do believe that this practise material did give me some sort of idea of what to expect .

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