I am not a train driver but would like to become one in the future.
I have a cataract in my left eye which has been there since the day I was born. I meet the Railway Group Standard for train driver fitness (GO/RT3451) for uncorrected vision i.e. at least 3/60 in either eye but I don't meet the requirement for corrected vision. The visual acuity of my right eye is 6/6 with glasses but my left eye can only achieve 6/15 corrected (the same as it achieves uncorrected), whereas the standard requires at least 6/12 in the worse eye and at least 6/9 in the better eye. A lens replacement operation to remove the cataract would hopefully allow me to achieve 6/6 in the left eye too but is this permitted for train drivers? The group standard only requires that there is "no pathological condition likely to cause visual impairment" present.
Can anyone help with this please?
I have a cataract in my left eye which has been there since the day I was born. I meet the Railway Group Standard for train driver fitness (GO/RT3451) for uncorrected vision i.e. at least 3/60 in either eye but I don't meet the requirement for corrected vision. The visual acuity of my right eye is 6/6 with glasses but my left eye can only achieve 6/15 corrected (the same as it achieves uncorrected), whereas the standard requires at least 6/12 in the worse eye and at least 6/9 in the better eye. A lens replacement operation to remove the cataract would hopefully allow me to achieve 6/6 in the left eye too but is this permitted for train drivers? The group standard only requires that there is "no pathological condition likely to cause visual impairment" present.
Can anyone help with this please?
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