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I started last month mate and doesn’t sound like anything for the east will be coming up anytime soon! Quite a few trainees at the minute who all applied for Ilford or Gidea Park and have all been given Abbeywood. Where are you based? Would you accept Abbeywood? Have you ever contacted them and...

@Anders99 put a good message up further up the page about DMI. The key is to do your research and without sounding rude to anyone - you need to do it for yourself so that it sinks in and you can repeat it all back on the day! Look at MTR Crossrail and the crossrail project in general. Google it...

Congratulations mate! I’m another one who applied for gidea park and got offered Abbeywood! I had my DMI in March. I was pretty lucky and got told I passed and offered a start date about an hour later and now start next month! Did they say when they would be back in contact? It did seem that...

You sit the 3 computer based tests one after the other, takes about an hour! Then wait outside for results! If you fail any of them you are sent home. Those who are successful are then given a sheet with 6 questions on and you have to write a sentence on each. Then it’s lunch and come back about...

Anyone who’s currently training remember how long you’re pretty much Monday-Friday? I start next month and just trying to gauge things and get my head round what it’s going to all be like? Thanks in advance

Slightly random questions for current trainees? Had uniform fitting last week. Did people go for the shoes or boots? Not sure if I messed up going for the shoes! And do you have to wear them all the time or are you ok with your own pair for classroom based learning? Cheers

Are you training with another company already mate? Would you be willing to drop that and cross over to MTR given the chance? I remember talking to you a while back and thought we had our DMI same time back in March?

You need 3-5 years experience as a driver elsewhere to be considered for Eurostar so not sure why you applied!?!

Was it just sent as a pdf? I had this last year and it was the last page!

Pretty sure there is a fault finder guide page that explains all the fault codes!!!

I’m starting August aswell mate! An old work colleague who joined crossrail about 4 years ago told me not to worry about anything for the first day! The stuff for DMI was mainly to show you’re keen to get the job and not necessarily important for when we start. Personally I plan on enjoying my...

Congratulations mate! The gaps between round starts getting a bit longer now! After my assessment day it was 7 weeks till the next round (MMI) and then after that you wait about another 6-7 weeks to hear about booking in the final DMI. So you might be looking at next year for a start...

I took my Oyster card forms up this week and spoke to Will the main recruitment guy! He just said medical results will be fed back once they have all your references in etc! And then uniform is within last month...basically so that it’ll fit in case people gain/lose weight. Everything will...

Had my interview 22nd Feb mate, was told same day I passed but didn’t accept until 5th March! It was 8 weeks from accepting and getting the phone call! You just have to be patient at this paint as things seem to take a little while. I’m starting August 5th so I think your start date will have...

Yeah also called yesterday! I’m booked in for tomorrow afternoon so I can just get it out the way and then I’m good to go for August!

Well I’ve applied for Ilford and Liverpool Street! So just wanting to know how it all works if anyone has any idea? You currently training mate? How you finding it all?

Any1 able to let me know about the shift pattern or even show a photo for Greater Anglia? I’d just like to compare to another company that I’ve applied for! Like how many weeks do you work before you get block or annual leave/rest days? And how long is the break? Cheers

I shouldn’t moan to much cos although I applied for gidea Park and have been offered Abbey wood so it’s a foot in the door! But why did they advertise for the east when it’s so over established already?! Again I’m pleased to be in but looks like we’ll just be on a very very long transfer list!

Yeah they aren’t offering east depots out! If you pass (fingers crossed you do) they seem to be offering Abbey Wood to anyone who loves close enough, this is what happened to me! Otherwise you are told you’re in a holding pool!

I got my DBS certificate in the post about a week later! I’m not to sure if all reference are complete yet! I’m not to worried, it’ll all happen eventually mate.