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    'Night Riviera' cancellations

    The Stock was late off Reading Depot, then Sleeper Hosts and a few issues when doing their Pre Departure Checks/Prep. Late departure was actually due to waiting the booked TM to arrive into Paddington. They eventually arrived on 1A39. The Booked Driver was already at Paddington as I was talking...
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    GWR Class 150s

    It should be 207 as that was supposed to go when the last unit returned from Wolverton, before it was promptly returned back for rectification work a couple of weeks ago.
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    'Night Riviera' cancellations

    Driver Passes back and TM is down to Assist on their diagram on the first train back to the West Country
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    GWR service opens doors off platform

    Try working a 3 Car Turbo on the Exmouth Line, you end up working from the Front Coach or Rear Coach as no Guards Panel fitted to the Centre Coach so depending on loadings its normally only one coach that gets fully ticket checked, having a TE is a great help.
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    Night Riviera Delays 02 May

    Last nights 1A50 Up Sleepers extended stop at Exeter was due to having to Run Round to go via Exeter Central and Yeovil, also requested for it to call at Westbury due to some stranded customers any further delays I am have no info on.
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    GWR Turbo Cascade

    Feel free to send all turbos back to the Thames Valley
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    New Conductor for Exeter

    Good Afternoon, Training is normally at Swindon for all of the initial corporate stuff and things like retail training, Traction and Rules training could be at a variety of locations dependant on which trainers and classrooms, also class numbers are available so could be Newton Abbot...
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    New Conductor for Exeter

    Guards Managers only manage Guards at Their own Depot. There are no Guards based at Newton Abbot, interviews, training and other things take place at Newton Abbot Station as it has been done out with various training rooms and offices upstairs.
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    New Conductor for Exeter

    Exeter has Conductors, Train Managers and Drivers who live in Plymouth, so if that's where your currently based it shouldn't be a problem but they will ask you to confirm that you can make it to Exeter to Book On without having to rely on Public Transport as Exeter Conductors earliest start time...
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    GWR conductor interview

    Hi, currently we have a few spaces in the Links for both TM & Conductor due to retirements and both colleagues on both sides moving to Trainee Drivers. We still have both TM's & Conductors still waiting Driver course start dates as well as some conductors on a list awaiting to become TM. Exeter...
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    GWR conductor interview

    Hi, format of interview should be the same as previously apart from being held by zoom, and there Guards Managers and HR would also normally be present in these so you may get switched between screens. With regard to Talent Pool that depends on when spaces become available in the links in your...
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    GWR conductor interview

    Hi, Good luck, have you tried doing a search on here as most of the GWR recruitment process is already in this forum. But you will be asked about the company and to explain where you have provided excellent customer service and they will expect you describe the event process, you will probably...
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    Can 1st Class be made Standard by train staff when there is overcrowding?

    And you had a 5 Car set instead of the original 9, because the 9 Car set became the 11:04 Pad to Penzance which was also heavily reserved (10 car reservations) all the way through to Penzance. So we followed you and had at least 620 in standard and 70 in first on departure from Reading.
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    GWR operating short 'HSTGTi' sets (see diagrams section for workings)

    SDO on the 2+4 are all doors from all panels except in the panel in coach B vestibule which has the SDO panel of Doors Ahead or Doors Behind, so for the likes of Parson Street, Bedminster both directions, also Lostwithiel and Saltash on the Up only which are Front 2 Coaches only.
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    A couple of weeks ago they terminated the up sleeper at Swindon as we were not allowed to Terminate at Reading and carry out the run round, everyone then had to travel in the first IET. ,

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