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Cheers for the replies guys. Interesting to hear from those in the job.

Hi all, as the title suggests im after a bit of insight into freight driving shifts and time off. I’m currently driving passenger service trains but would like to be in possession of the facts in terms of freight driving. Cheers

Cheers everyone Thanks for all your replies. Having done nearly 20hours driving I’m still very new to it but actually driving the route is the best learning

Hi With covid still for the moment causing disruption to normal learning practices and social distancing bla bla bla. Wondered if a anyone has any tips on leaning the route, it’s all there in the maps and the sectional appendix, but I’m talking about methods of getting it to stick, simplifying...

What depot have you applied to?

That’s reassuring Bletchley

Hi everyone, I rang Irene back this morning and was offered the may start date. A telephone call I have been waiting for for 2 and a half years. I turned it down!! Because.....I start with WMT on Monday. mall the best everyone, we are finally getting on the rails

Congratulations bet that feels good I’ve had a email from Irene asking me to ring her

Everyone waiting for Derby I rang and spoke to Irene in the summer for some clarity on a few things. As like many of you I imagine I was thinking any day now. I asked when they forecasted running a course for derby depot? She told me then that at that time they did not plan to run a course for...

Put an awful lot of time, money and effort into the process. I think it would be courteous just to send the occasional email at least to keep us posted. I understand that no job offer is promised, but come on we are all human we are all hoping for the best. Communication is key

Irene has forgotten about us completely as far as I’m concerned. wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that we were initially being handled by Marie perrygrove and informative has been left on a file never to be opened again

What’s changed?

Thanks for the reply and well done. The interview obviously went well. How was the interview? Informal or formal?

Has anyone had a DMI with wmr ?

I got the email too. I passed the test I needed to get the enhanced score in. have already passed all stage 2 and mmi with another toc so not sure what happens from here

Ditto I expressed that I would be happy to work at either depot as the 1 mile difference is nothing. I have no idea why they remain so firm, surely this provides more flexibility. I get it if it was a massive difference in distance to travel that they may have future internal transfers to...

Flipping heck just hope my answers were as accurate as I think now. This blumming trains test lark is a nerve wrecker.

How many of the questions in the DFFT did you manage to answer ? Just took mine and only completed 9 but I feel confident I answered them correctly

So end of 2021 doesn’t look good as by then my two years in the talent pool will be up

This is from an application at the start of 2019