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There's a lot of inaccuracies with your perception of the train op role... - Start times are no earlier than 4:45 - You are not tied to your depot for 2 years - There's plenty of people who start out at east end depots - You can absolutely know your shifts in advance once you're out of the...

All small and all sought after!

Depots that regularly take trainees: Victoria, London Bridge, Selhurst, Norwood, Barnham Somewhere in the middle: Brighton, GX, Caterham Practically no chance: Eastbourne, Horsham, Redhill, Three Bridges, Epsom (imho)

A After 4 years... So yes still disgustingly low

Taxi agreement doesn't apply to new drivers now

There's parking at London Bridge but as it's in the Congestion zone it's probably wise to explore other options, there isn't many extreme turns

There's an article on BBC referring to a change-up of walking/interchange routes at the station following the recent overcrowding: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64988398 Anyone got more deets?

Ta :)

I was on the tube before joining the mainline and there are significant differences between the two, many of which have already been highlighted: Tube stock: - fixed train length (blindingly obvious if you've stopped at the correct mark or not) - CSDE fitted everywhere which works flawlessly -...

Shift preference, earlies/lates/nights

Are permanent swaps possible at KGX?

Buy a new headphones case, airplane adaptor and USB C charging cable :lol:

Same license

Someone on my course fell pregnant half way through her hours and had to restart training from day 1 (full rules) when she returned

Dark mode did this for sure

Overrunning a through station on a line with a variable stopping pattern is in no way comparable to a buffer stop collision. Why defend a silly comment with another silly comment?

Great to see they're offering training for French language again (after being a requirement during Covid)

TOCs are getting ~£10k per Apprentice at the moment which is why moving around with a key has become more difficult, even Eurostar are getting in on it. Close to London I can't speak for others but GTR haven't taken qualifieds in a very long time

I'm 29 and I'm the youngest driver at my depot :lol:

Personally I found every time I learnt to drive something new I became an immediate backseat driver and felt uncomfortable as a passenger; I outright refuse to get on a motorcycle as pillion, my other half seemingly wants to kill me every time she's behind the wheel so I prefer to drive, and...