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Medical done. All good. When the doc looked at my ECG he said there was one irregular bit but put it down to just being anxious as everything else was fine. How long does it usually take between medical pass to firm offer?

Ah phew. Was dreading a ungodly long commute. Thanks for the reply TTT

How strict are they on this? According to Google maps Par (depending on route) to Newton abbot varies from 1hr 35 mins to 1hr 22 mins

Anyone on the Jan course?

I started off driving buses when I was 20 out of necessity of needing a better paying job than tesco, plus I hated being inside a building all day. 10 years on and I'm now about to start driving trains for GWR. I found I had so much to draw on when it came to interviews for trains,so it will...

I applied in 2017 and iv only just been given a course date... Lol

They havnt told me yet, I guess as I'm pending medical. But I believe swindon or Bristol? Someone may be able to correct me on this?

Im on a course Jan 2020, and then will be working par. Might see you there! Good luck with your assesments

I think it's a generic email. I think someone on here said they only recently stopped doing both tests on the same day, and it's now just paper tests.

No idea how they check it, but I'm about 55 mins from par.

Yes mate January 6th Unfortunately penzance was full so now been offered par. Bit of a drive but I'll take it

Will relax once medical is booked and course date set. HR woman said she will call tomorrow so fingers crossed. I had sort of given up hope and just agreed on a new position in my current job which is due to start in a few weeks but this trumps that by far. Looking forward to it Thanks guys

Penzance Well over a year mate, may 22nd last year was my DMI. I had sort of given up hope.

After a REALLY long time, this evening I finally got THE CALL! ringing back Monday to confirm course date and medical.

Pretty sure it's 2 year bond. After that you can leave. Have known people leave before and never pay it back. In fact iv never heard of them chasing people in my opco aha.. Never know though

Ha. I was just asking for advice. That makes sense. Thankyou for the info

Thanks for that. Yeah the email did say if your successful you will be interviewed. Preparing best I can. Fingers crossed

Thats fair enough I suppose What I was getting at is that currently I'm completely external. I was just asking if being internal would progress quicker. That's all. I totally get there's still people infront of me etc and I'd have to wait X ammount of time.

So helpful

So after being in the TP for driver at Penzance for over a year now and no sign of that changing yet so iv applied for Customer Service/Train Dispatch to open the door and get in. Iv passed the online test and now booked my assessment. What is involved in these assesments? I take it they differ...