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    Qualified Drivers

    This is covered in the ORR document attached (Guide to the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010). Your specifc query is coverered in section 2.10 (keeping licences valid), where it states: "Driver stops working as a driver: Continuous unemployment as a driver for a...
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    Trip planning using single TOC Trains only

    Thanks very much for your reply !. That seems exactly what I was after. I am now able to find a direct XC train all the way from Guildford to Edinburgh.
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    Trip planning using single TOC Trains only

    Hi, I'm completely new to this so my question may be a simple one but I am unable to find the answer. I have a reciprocal travel pass which allows me free leisure travel on the trains of other TOC's that are owned by the parent company of the TOC I work for. One of these is Cross Country...
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    About to start driver training and not excited

    Thanks, I did try but receive the following message when trying to send: 'rookie has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.' I think he has made the required number of posts (7) to be...
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    About to start driver training and not excited

    Hi Rookie, I was just wondering how things are going now?. Have you started your training yet, and if so, how is it going?. Do you still have any of the same concerns that you initially had, or have you changed your opinion now that you have found out a bit more about the job ?
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    Thameslink Trainee Vacancies

    When I did it in December all of us who passed everything were finished by around 4pm (although I did hear that some groups who attended earlier days finished a bit earlier than that). We had lunch provided (sandwiches, crisps, juice, etc) and yes, suit, shirt & tie is the order of the day...
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    Hi Sirgerbil, this will be my first time at the new style stage 2 tests, so a little...

    Hi Sirgerbil, this will be my first time at the new style stage 2 tests, so a little apprehensive but will just give it my best shot that's all I can do. I applied a couple of years ago (old tests), passed everything but failed the Structured Interview. How about yourself, first time through...
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    Hi jimph!, I noticed your post back in July regarding your fears about the AVAVT test. I also...

    Hi jimph!, I noticed your post back in July regarding your fears about the AVAVT test. I also have an assessment coming up soon and have these same fears. Some of the photos in the 'How To Become' practice materials seem to have so much information that it sometimes seems impossible to take it...

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