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Your traction is basically the type of train you are qualified to drive (after being trained)

Congratulations mate, you must be over the moon

You get free rail travel mate don't worry about driving anywhere

Congratulations mate it's worth the wait believe me

The drugs and alcohol test you don't find out in the day the rest you should know if you passed

Congratulations to you guys that got the call, been a long time coming If your on the GN side I'm sure I will see you around

New depots at Luton and St Albans so I wouldn't give up hope just yet, I would say if you were hoping for Bedford or Hitchin though it won't happen. Heard nothing about a recruitment freeze

Thanks Bucko Really excited to get started. Good luck to everyone still in the TP --- old post above --- --- new post below --- I've been in the TP 14 months

From Luton so about 20 mins away

Start my induction mid August

Hitchin buddy, didn't see it coming at all

Have you just applied for the role or qualified? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- To all the guys still in the talent pool hang tight you will be offered a place eventually. I've accepted a place on the GN side and given a start date, over the moon is an understatement

Hello mate Thought I'd let you know I got a call out the blur and been given a start date in August at Hitchin. Just when I thought chances were slim to none. Hang in there you never know when they are going to ring

The fact they have just paid to send someone who's down for Bedford to a medical says it all really

Have you read the remedial action plan ?

There is although it's clear they are being pushed to maintain trainee driver numbers (even if though the actual figure is censored) & section2.4 which tasks recruiting additional drivers which has to be encouraging

Hope your right Dave I really do

So they are going to move existing drivers around then and tell depots that previously required 100 drivers they now only need 90 Sorted

The explanation above seems to point to GTR believing that the whole service issue is due mainly to displacement Yet the whole piece they gave when winning the contract from FCC was about the huge driver recruiting never seen before on this scale, Have to agree with Bucko shifting the...