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Edit to rename the thread. I created this thread seeking advice from fellow on train crews after receiving my diagnosis of Autism, while the diagnosis doesn't change who I am, it gives me the opportunity (now I know what makes me different) to be able make changes to my life to make my work...

Good evening, a quick question but in particular to Guards/Conductor/TMs who wear contacts After finally being successful in gaining a conductor post with GWR, (thanks to this forum and members for the information on here and reading the stories of others that your dream can be achieved. I...

Good afternoon. Off to that there London this weekend and again 2 weeks later. I was thinking of getting a PAYG Oyster and adding my Veterans Railcard, but seeing as you now cant get the £5 deposit back (other than in credit which I think has to be used within the 6 months of it being credited...

Hi all. It seems GWR HR are emerging out their COVID lock-down. They are advertising again; one of them is for Gateline assistant at Plymouth. I have searched the forum and there is nothing less than 2 years old, does anyone know the salary for this role? Whatever it is would you add a...

Hi all. After 35 years of off-on building, I am finally fully building my OO gauge (very) analogue 4 track layout, after a bit of reading, I am looking at getting this Morley Vortrak Zero Ten Controller does anyone have any experience of it?

Seen on FB last night... Also RMS Locotec as well. https://www.walkersingleton.co.uk/machinery-business-asset/railway-operator-rolling-stock-rental-and-rail-maintenance-company/?fbclid=IwAR0e3bfvPWDfWLEJ3vjHSp_3-j3dU09tZQps2gCU-Pb-hr-4XgmZ0IOup4I

Anyone have an idea of the salary for this post? I assume there is a basic with a shift allowance.

Hi all, would someone be so kind as to tell me what the average shift for a TM in Plymouth is i.e 4 or 5 day week and how many days on/off. Thanks in advance.

Reported last night, thankfully no injuries both drivers reported to be "shaken up". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-46557886 Devon Live reports it as the van hitting the barriers.... (the usual standard of reporting from the Live group of papers....)

Good evening all. I could do with some buying advice, I need a laptop for my daughter, it needs to be good enough to run Sims 4 but I don't wish to spend eleventybillion pounds, however I have suffered before from buying cheap and paying twice (see the Acer laptop...). I know Black Friday is...

Hi, does anyone know how long roughly it takes to complete training as a conductor and where they 'sign' to? thanks in advance.

Yesterday I travelled on this journey for the first time in over 20 years and I was very surprised that most of the route from Bidston to the Welsh border was still jointed track (as I remember it travelling on a class 101 with the blinds open behind the driver.....) and after the border it was...

I have had a quick look around, can't see it anywhere, apologies if it has been done before. Are there any HST drivers that do not regularly drive 125's at 125 mph, for instance Penzance Depot drivers? I am assuming they don't sign far enough.

Hi, I ordered this ticket last night, but realised this AM I needed it from St Pancras to Paddington not Waterloo. Waterloo and St Pancras are both in zone 1, will this allow me to go from St Panc to Padd? As I read it, it allows 1 point to point journey, is the start and end point defined...

Unfortunately I did not get shortlisted for interviews recently for 2 operative jobs. I emailed HR and asked if it was at all possible for some feedback from the recruiting manager, I got the reply "you didn't quite make the interview shortlist", the reply was so quick I doubt it even got as...

Hi all, there is a NR job being advertised for the above post in Exeter, however the salary is £23,047.00 I assume this is not including shift allowance. Does anyone have an idea of what the real salary would be? Thanks in advance.

Mods: unsure where this would go, please feel free to move. I was booked onto this train from Newt Abbot at 09:34 http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C20101/2015/05/15 Just out of idle curiosoty anyone know what failed? I can tell you the follwing train 1 hour later was no fun all...

Good evening: I am travelling from the South West to Watford Junction via Paddington on an Advance Single. The travel itinerary routes me to Paddington on FGW then via the Tube to Queens Park then Overground to Watford Junction, do I have to go on that slightly bonkers route or can I take the...

Looking at a local journey for a swift couple of pints in Paignton, I noticed a difference in times for the same journey, why? Torre 1834 Paignton 1846 Paignton 2230 Torre 2237

Why on earth is the last train into Torquay on a Saturday night arrive in Torquay at 21:43? Should people in Torbay go to bed with their Horlicks before 22:00? I have lived here for 3 years and this is the first time I want to get the train late on a Saturday form a night out in Exeter, don't...