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Normally 3 years i think but whether it would be enforced is another matter.

Is that only at bedford they do both because at three bridges they are only shunt drivers?

Indeed it has, loads at three bridges went over a while back.

No, they are depot drivers .

There's people in their mid 50s training, dont let your age stop you from applying.

Sorry mate but the railway isn't really that flexible, if you cant reliably show you can get in for all jobs you're unlikely to get far in the process, while its not normally a requirement to have a car licence it is normally the easiest way for you to get to work and they want stability and...

I believe they will let you apply for the trainee jobs that come up and you just need to stipulate you are qualified. Dont know if that's changed, skipton is somewhere I'd be interested in eventually. Lovely part of the country.

Certainly isn't with my manager lol

Its company specific, industry standard is 5 years but each company has its own rules

Normally a 6 month wait for the same toc

Hornsey and kings cross are both quite work intensive routes, lots of inner suburban workings and tend to be more feeder depots for new starters. Pretty much any depot at TL/GN will be fairly work intensive but obviously some are better then others. They will all have long amounts of time in...

3 week rotation , set rest days, long weekend every 3rd week. Mostly Sutton loops if I remember rightly. 12 committed Sundays a years, 3 per quarter. These can be given away if there's drivers who want the day. 7 days notice for all other Sundays not to work them. 3 shifts, red blue and black.

I wouldn't think for quite a long time, they've just taken a massive influx of trainees so I would imagine the wait would be quite substantial now.

If anything they will be less so, getting that far into training knowing you possibly can't meet the expectations of the job won't go down well so I'd think carefully before taking it on. It also won't go down well with your colleagues at the depot, obviously people may be flexible to swap...