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Having browsed myself and having done some homework, would this be Crewe? I've observed that often TFW have recruited for Qualified Crewe but everywhere else is Trainee. And if TFW/Acorn are gatekeeping their jobs like this, then other people will be put off. Lots of Qualified Driver calls on...

Hi @TeaTrain. I myself have little working with the railway. However, I have spoken to my friend who is the one looking to 'escape his current mob' and move to TFW. He works as traincrew (not driver) for his current employer and has been so for a number of years. Although not a spotless...

Butch - it gets better. In autumn 2019 they opened up jobs on their site for spaces at a couple of depots. It transpires that some already-employees had applied for internal transfer to these depots. WMT then for fun decided to withdraw the vacancies and left the already-WMT-employees high and...

Question re TFW recruitment policy. Is there a reason why when they advertise 'trainee x' (like, trainee train conductors) they discriminate against qualifieds / people already working on the railway? If someone was looking for a new start, and were willing (and ABLE) to relocate as needed...

Careful getting your hopes up here with this tenuous advert. Abellio WMT have been known to, basically seriously cock these sort of things up.

Yes, my insider tells me his TOC is the same - two days/periods and boom, stage one. Turns out it was used, as anything humanely possible was, to keep the guards (save a token few) from trainee driver roles. TOC in question preferred outsiders.

Depends on what grade you are now and the nature of your TOC I guess. One TOC deliberatly banged their guards off trainee driver apps for being on MFA stage one.

Mixed thoughts. RE Drivers - depends on the toc and the malice of the TOC in question. Two TOCs that run side by side have almost mirror mirror attitudes: the first TOC is almost dead set against allowing guards to proceed (it allows a token handful to act as a dangling carrot) but otherwise...

TOCs can be very very strange creatures on this score. I totally am for the 60min arrangement - it's fatigue management. Some depots have a 3am start. So you'd have to be waking up at 130am to get dressed etc and then do an hour's commute to be booking on. And then prior to that, you'd be...

What performance loss though? I have read that perhaps ten to twenty seconds a stop could be saved through DOO. However to me this is bean counting and not practical. First of all, a guard steps down to physically ensure that their train is placed correctly on the platform (and that they are...

Just a quick note for the correspondent's original question, as to which and what strikes are live. WMR's is in strange territory at the moment. On one hand they have supposedly 'successfully dealt' with RMT and the guards (though I am informed that day to day relations are still somewhat...

Not the best time for a strike and I think the membership have realised this. While Abellio as a TOC owner across the UK are dreadful, striking when rail staff have not been furloughed, kept their same basic pay and contracted hours while often on less working hours....is not a good move. If you...

"Guard will put you in good steed to become a driver". Mixed. Depends which TOC. One TOC has become infamous for taking on outside-industry and shafting its guards grade massively regarding promotions. Then again, they've been turning the screw on the conductor grade since they took over and...

The fact that they cannot couple upto 172s/170s will cause issues on the Snow Hill lines when introduced. Someone asked if any of the WMT diesel services have splits in them - they do actually. At Snow Hill the 1800 off Kidderminster is usually a 5 or a 6 coach set and has been running around...

WMT want enhanced for some reason which has aggrieved a lot of people as they have been passed on other TOCs such as GWR.

This. Have only ever had medical testing on joining and as part of investigation for a minor incident, but never randomly requested in a good few years.

This is happening in Birmingham too, focused on the Cross City and Snow Hill commuter lines. BTP already in operation to stop it.

Can confirm this. They have a high rate of sickness for traincrew from stress and other issues plus rest day working not as actively taken up as used to be. Staff turnover also surprisingly fluid for the industry. GWR and XC majorly take staff looking to leave WMT, especially train managers.

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I recently applied for TC at TfW, via two roles. Heard nothing for a few months, but no rejection letter so no news better than bad news. Recently I was given the account for a "mini SCAAT" test and an email asking me if I could write back to them...