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Step 2 braking is part of the autumn driving policy and is only used for the initial brake application for stopping at stations or signals. The additional running brake tests are generally carried out in step 1 as per the other situations you mentioned.
The sequence tends to remain the same it is just solely ECS workings that tend to be affected. The stock retains it's diagram rotation just as mentioned minus the odd ECS, I can't comment about coastal locations as my knowledge is more orientated around the Metro area.
The stock that forms 2I69...
2K71 (8x377) joins with 2I69 (4x377) to make a 12 car and goes down to Stewarts Lane as 5T44 M-T obviously Fridays are slightly different for some moves.
2B53 M-T (8x455) forms 5T74.
The complication comes with Stewarts Lane having some capacity issues overnight so to leave some breathing room...
The trousers tend to come up a waist size to small so when I started we were advised go a size bigger than you actually are.
Everything else that's been said I'd agree with really especially in it's a pot luck situation. You'll be lucky if it all turns up together. I'm still waiting for items...
I attained a borderline pass on the 1st Stage Assessments at Reading in May 2013 with FGW for trainee driver at Paddington and was dumped in the filing cabinet as they were only looking for "good passes". I have subsequently passed the further assessments/interviews with Southern and am now out...
When I had my first stage driver assessments at Reading just over a year ago I had to put my hand in my pocket to get there.
As has been already mentioned if there's nothing in the paperwork or on the letter you received then I'm afraid it's down to you.
I've just come out of a course at Selhurst.
They conduct training at Selhurst, Knollys House at East Croydon or Hove depending on room & trainer availability and that includes Metro(Metro = London) drivers at Hove too as there was a course of Metro drivers down there that finished around the...
I'd definitely agree with this, they will give you several chances which range from extra help to if need be re-sitting the particular part of the course you are struggling with. There's no need to worry the trainers are there to help and are usually very well trained themselves. Plus the way...
I echo the other comments above. The trainers also say not to read ahead. When you are there just as Skinny Dave has said is make notes & don't be afraid to ask questions, the trainers are there to help you. It will be quite intense and again as mentioned be prepared to spend a couple of hours a...
When I sat the old tests for First Great Western the phrase they used was that they only accept "good passes" as there were what was considered borderline pass where you just scraped through and good passes which were a higher score.
So I think what the OPC have said about them having a higher...
I can only comment based on my experiences with Southern.
Baring in mind I was the last course with Southern to go through the old psychometrics tests so I'm not sure what the new criteria based interviews are like but Southern did the DM interview before the C.B.I and asked you exactly the...