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May I DM you? I am walking a fine line, as I am going on what I have been told by friends who experienced his regime.

management should not be putting their ground staff in that situation in the first place and should know better. However often they will cut corners or screw their said groundstaff over and then 180-degree turn on them when things don't go as planned. A sad state of affairs. :(

Some thoughts as a friend works on the railway. Firstly - Abellio may have inherited the problems form London Midland, but their management have apparently done nothing to ensure or keep up the goodwill of the ground staff. Management do not seem to see traincrew as anything but assets and it...

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You have to hit people in the hearts - where it hurts. Quite often, bills and lkegislation often won't directly affect people, so they shrug it off and ignore it. They've got more immediate priorities like going to work, paying the bills, feeding the kids. How does a pension triple lock or an...

Interesting story as similar happened on my trip to Telford from New Street about a week ago. The 1902 WMT departure from New Street to Shrewsbury is a strange maneouvre where it comes in from Shrewsbury as a 4 coach set (2 170s coupled up) and splits, for one two coach set 170 to then go back...

Looks like Scotland's railways may have a bright future after the dark and ravaging years of Abellio.

Hi CJ, Definitely appreciate your points - can appreciate XC are in an odd world at the moment, with the service reductions, driver issues and apparent onboard crew disputes afoot (friend in WM says he's already had emails about ticket exceptions this weekend). The reason I enquired, especially...

Hi guys, XC early November posted vacancies for the Senior Conductors and then mid November posted for Train Managers, both based at Birmingham. Has anyone heard back from them yet, or has recruitment been suspended due to the service alterations? I applied to both but nothing yet. :( Thankyou!

I think CAF need to thoroughly investigate their manufacturing as a whole, given Australia, Birmingham, and the affairs on heavy rail 195s and the WMT 196s. A mere armchair myself, but if I was a transport contractor, I'd be steering clear of them at this moment in time.

They need to hurry their arses up, with Abellio having managed to make things even worse on both their Snow Hill and Stour Valley lines! Interestingly, Abellio have plumped for CAF 196s for the Snow Hill and Shrewsbury lines. I wonder what surprises they will conceal? As for Andy Street: he...

If XC are reducing services at the moment, is this having a knock on on their recruitment as they were having a massive drive for traincrew at one point recently?

Hello, I have applied for both of these too and have heard nothing back yet. I suspect that with the current service reduction and the driver issues they might be pushing these back? I am worried about the senior conductor run as that vacancy said they were looking for people who could start in...

And WMR are itching to get their 196s out asap...apparently the Shrewsbury line will be the first.

Okay thanks for the information. Just worrying when I see other people who are ahead and makes me wonder if they just canned me. On the other hand, does it count as a formal rejection if they don't get back to me and another vacancy comes up?

Applied here and sent in an application on the 29th October for a recent vacancy. The vacancy was supposed to close 2nd November, but then was extended to the 9th November. When I log in, I see I'm still 'Shortlisting' but someone else was given a SCAAT test two weeks ago. Have I pretty much...

RE turnarounds - TFW just one of some TOCs that have tight turns. WMR seem to have a lot of squeaky bum 2-4mins at places like Stourbridge, Worcester Foregate and Stratford, as well as at Birmingham New ST on their DMU services (Shrewsbury I believe?)

Interesting. How was this data collected? Afterall, I see worse out there nearby.

But here's a thought. If two candidates have applied for the same vacancy, and one has already had the next stage approval (SCAAT) and another is left 'hanging' in 'Shortlisting Hell' surely TFW have already made their minds up and so, it doesn't look good for the candidate who's not had a...

If it was May/June then consider it a bust. TfW HR are not the kindest of people in the industry given the horrific experiences from a friend.