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  1. Toffee Apples

    December 2021 Timetable change

    Which is understandable, from my understanding Ely is a bit of a pinch point. Whether a TOC would view it as feasible remains to be seen, but certainly from a local standpoint it is. Not only that, but if the Leicester terminators were extended through to Peterborough, there could be scope for...
  2. Toffee Apples

    December 2021 Timetable change

    Having worked at one of those named stations I can confirm. The biggest flows always seemed to be between the Birmingham and Peterborough portion, I would say. There were always passengers who wanted Cambridge as well, but it did pale in comparison to those who were doing journeys between...
  3. Toffee Apples

    Rail Public Service Contracts engagement announced by DfT

    Yes, point understood re. fares. As a worker myself, it will be nice to see something to help bring back passenger numbers to a post covid world. Also would be nice to see myself and colleagues paid the same wage as a station ten miles down the road.
  4. Toffee Apples

    Freightliner Class 90s Mothballed?

    It's going to be interesting to see what the solution to this fine mess is.
  5. Toffee Apples

    East Midlands Railway short formed services

    I remember EMT days where I would be despatching a HST on a sunday and first class was the busiest part of the service! Quite often Advanced 1st singles to London were only about £11.
  6. Toffee Apples

    Rail Public Service Contracts engagement announced by DfT

    I dare say I probably got the wrong end of the stick, but I interpreted this whole new arrangement as all stations and staff to go to GBR, only train operating staff and trains to be run under the new contract arrangements? And you say that, but the tiers of contracts desperately need...
  7. Toffee Apples

    EMT Trainee Driver Vacancies - Northants

    Wait so which tests are we doing Tuesday? Group bourdon I've practised, what others do we need to do?
  8. Toffee Apples

    EMT Trainee Driver Vacancies - Northants

    nice cheers. was literally bricking ones bum covers using the software test. I'll print some off
  9. Toffee Apples

    EMT Trainee Driver Vacancies - Northants

    I also wonder if the GBT is going to be done on paper sheets and not on PC's?
  10. Toffee Apples

    EMT Trainee Driver Vacancies - Northants

    Well I applied and am now doing my practice tests. Obviously we have got the group Bourdon, which I found the tool for on here... that's interesting trying that on computer...... need more practice on that. The paper work basically said there's no real practice tests for the other parts of the...

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