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At ours. If your booked to work Xmas day and Boxing Day you get them off, if your already off them days you get 2 extra leave days. Think every where is different so speak to union or line manager at your place of work :)

Good luck everyone!

All the paper OPC tests :) good luck to everyone!

This I can confirm as 100% correct. They have to use the depot drivers up first, if there isn’t enough (like what’s just happened at Lincoln and Boston) they advertise for external qualified drivers and for internals. This is the way for EMR, in the midlands anyhow don’t know how it works for st...

Where I drive still has semaphore signalling and all the new re-signalling is for driver operated trains. There won’t be no driverless trains in our careers running outside a closed circuit like the underground.

I might be going out on a limb here, but check your contract and DRI I’m sure you aren’t allowed to do any other roles/duties. They’ll want you to do it untill you mess up, then it'll be your fault and on your record. I’ve known fellow drivers be told off about putting ramps down, because they...

All good solid advice, back when I was a guard, I was told on my first week always carry 2 T keys on you at all times. I fell foul of this many times btw :). I suppose it does matter what traction you are working. But not just in case you drop your Tkey trackside but I worked on 153s, 156 and...

I always set my alarm out of reach so I have to get out of bed then once I’m stood up it’s easier to motivate myself if that makes sense must admit mrs doesn’t appreciate it sometimes when it takes me a little longer to get up

They may well stop calling at Newark NG as LNER increase their services Lincoln to kings cross. :) 1615847015 Yep first one off Lincoln to Nottingham, and last one off Nottingham to Lincoln :)

First one in a morning from Lincoln to notts calls at both Newark stations, and last one At night notts to Lincoln calls at both. That’s every day Monday-Saturday, Sunday’s think its The same (first and last) but cant remember lol

Just be careful as on the practice go if you go out and reset at the start too many times it comes up with ‘too many errors, test failed, speak to invigilator’ (something along them lines) gave me a heart attack as I did what the above people said and did it about 4/5 times practicing. They did...

Depot drivers do the apprenticeship as well, its The same course mainline/depot build bridges out of paper, tape and pens something like that. It’s not about the exercises it’s how you communicate and talk I think as your in random teams. :)

MMI is at the end of part 4 as well, assessment day was great actually all About group exercises and mini speed interviews was very enjoyable.

Part 1 and 4 OPC tests 2 is company assessment day 3 is DMI :)

Good luck with the training Buddy, i was a guard for EMR at Lincoln great job great people, I really enjoyed the training and the job, Might see you hanging about the Acadamy as I’m there till end of January :)

Sent you a pm :)

great news inthe4foot. I’m on the October course too, I’ve sent you a Private message.

I’ve recently done the process with EMR and LNER, and lucky enough to pass and get a start date (I took the first job offered to me So I didn’t go further then the DMI For LNER) But both company’s asked me to send copy’s of gcse certificates or equivalent In the early stages of the process. I...

Jesus, I feel for you!! You work on the railway already?

With this going on mate I wouldn’t like to guess, some TOCs do it in a different order as well. From where we are with LNER We still got to do the assessment day, DMI and OPC testS (some do it all in one day others split it into two) But they may do things differently with covid19. Did you pass...