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He was a driver, taking a train to Newcastle I believe. 1701071787 that’s a load of crap. I’ve never heard of anyone having an alternate QTron number. I was due to go over my hours (10 hours on a night turn) by 40 mins. I was asked if I’m safe to continue and if not they’d get me relief. I...

I totally get what you’re saying and I’m immensely grateful of the position I’m in. But the training just to load and deliver fuel is around 6 weeks. You also can’t take your phone or sat nav. So navigating around London isn’t the easiest of tasks. It’s of the reasons the job has transferable...

I mean while I mostly agree, loading and delivering petrol isn’t as straightforward as people think. It’s so easy to make a mistake, especially when tired. And yes, tanker driver turned train driver, but I stand by my comment, I’m less fatigued now……thank fully

GB is max 10 hours between 23:00 and 02:00 1701030715 100%. All drivers moan, regardless of the TOC/FOC. I worked as a petrol tanker for BP before joining the railway. I can assure you every shift was 12 hours, including a 45 min break. Not sitting around for 3/4 hours getting loaded. I’m much...

I’ve seen the report. The driver was tired and he said he was fit to continue. Firstly he should have said no I’m not safe, and if you read the report fully he’d failed to complete a running brake test. I’m not sure how he’d managed to do so many rest days, that’s been nipped in the bud. When...

Apparently it’s the last few box’s that make the profit, so if that’s the case you can see why it could eat in to profit. I agree, full 12 hour shifts can be a pain in the arse. However, I’ve also had some nice little 6 and 10 hour shifts, so I just take the rough with the smooth. I find his...

You sit at Felixstowe for about 2 hours, then held in places on the way back. So normally enough slack to get back. But I suppose that’s like a 10 hour turn going over 12 due to failure ect. Some drivers point blank refuse to go over 12 hours, and that’s perfectly fine, some will go over...

Ah no problem, I did think what’s the ASLEF about . I came from a well know haulage company that paid the drivers poor wages to compete for work. In the end it back fired as they all left for better paying companies. When they were paying you £16 an hour to work 4 weekends on the bounce, and...

Race to the bottom due to drivers doing 12 hour shifts? I also didn’t mention ASLEF. I came from the fuel industry, and as I was the vice chair on the NNC I know exactly how it works. There is a fine line between having good terms and conditions, and pricing yourself out of a job.

That’s not true, GB have won contracts from DB and others, but under cutting to a loss is a strong statement. Take Peterborough to Felixstowe for example. A DB driver told me they only do one way due to the hours. So that’s 2 drivers to cover a return trip, GB do that in just under 12 hours. If...

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When I asked the OPC my results I was told I’d passed to enhanced, they didn’t stipulate for what TOC/FOC

Contact the OPC. They won’t tell you the score, but will tell you if you’ve passed to standard or enhanced.

Unfortunately a train driving licence doesn’t guarantee you a job anywhere.

How did you apply for this role?

Yes I totally agree. I’ve only been with GBRf just over 12 months, but they’ve ran so many courses. And yes they’ve won a lot of work, the RHTT is just the latest.

The work will continue on the existing build. GBRf have taken on work elsewhere so this won’t impact the business. It was rumoured that DB we’re on a slippery slope, unfortunately this proves that point.

Just contact the OPC directly. They’ll tell you what you and haven’t passed, and to what standard. I know a driver that failed to the enhanced standard, but passed to national standard. He was told by the TOC it’s a straight fail, clearly this isn’t the case. Unfortunately everyone has an...

I became a driver at 40, no problems at all. Good luck.

Yes I totally get that. And I’m in no way suggesting that people should lie.