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It seems there are a few instances at my station (Brighton) where the machines reject either an advanced purchased ticket for the day or recently it also rejected a ticket I bought for the day at the ticket office! Thankfully, it was not a busy time, but I would not have been happy if I had...

Things just got worse now. No trains between Farrington and Kentish Town. Seems like a crazy amount of times this section (supposedly with new signals) has failed now. Wonder what the management are doing in terms sorting these issues out.

Didn't seem too long ago that Brighton had direct services to Basingstoke and Reading too which was handy, but SWT cut them too. Brighton may soon just have FCC and Southern at this rate.

Bit of an interesting job title, trying to making it sound more flashy I suppose!! I am trying to understand this role better and reading all the info on the Southern website and my interpretation is this. 1. Revenue protection, but more enforcement based. 2. BTP based role, but I guess...

Well, that benefits those who travel for leisure, but those type of tickets are hard to find so lots of trawling needed. Of course, no such luck for people who travel to work.

So the rail industry wishes all its passengers a happy new by increasing fares (in tough economic times!). Just seems that every year they offer the same lame sentence about paying for investment, new trains etc. Most areas the train companies have a monopoly and they are taking full use...

Jusat saw these entires on the SWT journeycheck 11:39 London Waterloo to Poole due 14:55 This train will be delayed and is expected to be 848 minutes late from Totton. This is due to signalling problems. Message Received :10/12/2011 14:09 12:05 London Waterloo to Weymouth due 15:00...

OK I'll break up my work history and relevant skills 4 years teaching English abroad = communication skills and planning skills for classes 1 year at outdoor education centre = similar to above, but also making sure activities were done safely and followed the risk assessment. 6 months...

So no one in the railway industry cares about transferable skills? By the way, enough cheap digs about me guys ok? You are all happy in all your roles (I'm sure you worked hard to get em) and I want to happily emplyed as well, but I just feel I am not given a fair chance by the various...

I will find out tomorrow! But I need Southern railway's HR number which doesn't exist on the website. Anyone with inside info?

Done all that in the form. If you want a template of the personal statement, I can forward it to you to peruse.

Forget about the train driver.... It's the rejection for the Conductor role that feels rotten.

Well, no obviously! However, my skills and experiences should put me above any average Tom, Dick or Harry, right? After all, there a no real special pre-requisites to be a Conductor! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- You sound like you are on a wage already. I have been applying...

OK guys. I am really kind peed off now. Rejected for the trainee train driver role, probably cos of location. Now they turn my down for a conductor role without even seeing my face! Come on!! I am not playing up the role of my education here, but I went to uni and got 4 years of decent work...

Some sort of incident near to Dunbar, but I can't find further details as of yet. Not a good few days for many mainline routes so far this week it seems!

Well, I can't imagine the sight those poor rail workers have to deal with in sorting out things like this. Incidently, it seems a little excessive to close all 4 lines right? I know BTP have to deal with these sorts of things so I guess it is their call.

Whoops! I hope you are not in charge of that assessment day! :wink:

I failed too, even though I clearly stated that I was happy to relocate from Brighton! Makes you think whether they bothered to read all the words that I wrote about myself in the application.

Well, applied for a Conductor role for Southern now. Not exactly the most glamourous role around, but I should learn a lot about the industry if I get in. Maybe even bump into Dave A at the Vic!

Thanks for the quick replies. Similar story in all the jobs that I go for really, either something to do with my degree or something different (like train stuff). Just get the same old spiel, 'your application was good and addressed all the points, but other candidates had more experience...