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Hi I just need to know how far back Scotrail looks with regard to your sickness days. I'm going for train driver role. Within the last year, I was sick 4 times from November till April . These were because of chest infections. I have been clear since late May 2018. Before that, I was sick in...

Hello. I'm currently applying for a role as a train driver. In my current employment, I have been sick quite a number of timres due to an ongoing chest infection from late 2017 till around march 2018 - I wasn't off the entire time. Just about a week every month or two. The last time I was...

Hello. I just wanted to gain some opinions about how automation might affect train driver job security. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_urban_metro_subway_systems#Grade-of-Automation_4_(GoA4) Do you think this will come anytime soon to the UK? Obviously this would result in a...

Hello! I'm currently deciding whether or not I'd like to be a train driver. I'm a fire fighter at the moment, and I'm finding it hard to year myself away from it... One of the main reasons in the safety of the pension. I earn £30k a year. I contribute 12% of my wage into a pension. My...

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Hi. I was wondering, is it possible to join London Underground/Transport for London as a Train Driver without being part of the organisation to begin with? Or are all train driver posts recruited internally? Thanks.

Hi there! I'd just like to discuss this thought with someone. As I understand, the reason Scotrail has released the recent train driver jobs is because they've ordered new trains. I was thinking that surely there must soon be posts for conductor jobs also. Would this be a correct...

Hi. I was wondering, how difficult is it to transfer between depots within an organisation? For instance, if I was to go for a conductor job in Aberdeen, could I, possibly, get a transfer to Glasgow Central?

Hello. Does anyone know what shift patterns are like for Scotrail conductor jobs, or are they just up to the depot to schedule it? I think I remember reading somewhere that it is 2 days on, then 2 days off. Is that correct? Would each day be a regular 8 - 9 hour long day?

Hello. I'd really like be a train driver, but I understand that posts are very hard to get into, and don't come about very often. I'd also like to be a conductor though! I just love trains, really - I just want to work on it while it's moving with the landscape whooshing past... Could...

Hi. Can anybody give me any idea of a train driver's shift patterns on Scotrail trains? Just out of interest! I'd like to be on the Glasgow to Ayr/Edinburgh route - could anyone tell me what they're like?