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I'm surprised SWR guards are not striking about the excessive hours considering SWR drivers only work genuine 35 hour / 4 day weeks. In comparison, guards work much more than the 42 hours stated in their contracts. Let's be real actually, a 42 week for a SWR guard is a MYTH... New rosters were...

All of the mess rooms in the raft are overcrowded, smelly and dirty. It smells like a sewage treatment plant. All of the chairs are ripped and stained with sh*t. There are several hundred guards and drivers based at Waterloo, the depot and its accommodation is severely OVERCROWDED. The quiet...

I understand that the entrance for the new Nine Elms station will be on the corner of Pascal street/Wandsworth Road, but, will there be an underpass for those people that live on Nine Elms lane as the railway lines prevent access to it????

Waterloo mess room is a DUMP. Overcrowded, smelly and dirty. I can't stand the place. I have to spend more money on lunch just to justify being able to sit in Starbucks or Costa to avoid the dilapidated hell hole.... and to add, my employer should provide me with some where clean and spacious to...

TTDARL thanks very much for informing us! Can you tell me abit about the facilities available for drivers at Willesden Junction depot? Is there a canteen? Is it spacious? Are drivers given lockers? Is there car parking? I currently work for another TOC and conditions for drivers are overcrowded...

Very blasé and nonchalant response from user LowLevel when a violent "random frenzied" murder has taken place on a train and it could have been the train guard as the victim. The assailant hasn't been found and is still on the loose, what if he and boards another train and murders someone...

South Western Railway will have to have an urgent safety brief with all train guards and drivers regarding this incident and involve paramedics and police to give advice to the guards and drivers as to what to do if a murder takes place on a train they are working. Conflict awareness training...

Hello all Does anyone have any news regarding the fatality at Wimbledon station on the evening of 24th July - early hours of 25th July 2018??? No news has been published? Nothing has been released in the news or press.. Nothing on the RAIB website about this incident... Apparently a male was...

Training for commercial guard will be at least 15 weeks in total.. it's 1 week longer than guard (which is 14 weeks) because commercial guard does an extra week in the classroom for the ticketing course... You are told 12 weeks for training in the interview, but it's actually longer...

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the board I have just been offered a customer service position with South Western Railway and my training is due to begin next week Does anyone know if SWR is 4-weekly or monthly pay and also what are the pay dates for this year? I need to plan my finances but don't...