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I’m a train driver in my early 20s personally I don’t think age is a factor in becoming a train driver as long as you pass the tests and interview and medical you’ll fine

The training is broken down in modules (DT) driver training there is 10 modules you basically in class for the majority of the time unless DT6 and 8 which is your driving hours DT10 is meant to be for your finals the rest are all classroom based for example DT1 is PTS DT3 is signalling DT4 is...

I waited a week

Oh okay weren’t aware of that , and yes I remember seeing it during training We went up there

Oh okay , last time I uncoupled and coupled a real train was DT4 other than that on the simulator lol I’m ELL

you NLL ?

ARL most likely give you a sooner start date tbh , better pay at ARL and I personally think ARL Is a good start in terms of you only drive 5 car formation no coupling and uncoupling trains no faffing around from 4 to 8/10 car only drive one train 378 unless your NL where you drive 710 that’s...

My mate was in the same boat skipped all the tests and went to DMI you should be in the same boat ?

Yes thankfully , but as blackkat mentioned once you pass the sift the process picks up from stage 1/2 ,DMI , medical and start date tbh I don’t know how people wait months and years in talent pools

I waited 5 months before getting invited for stage 1 ..

Yeah lol they do enjoy company from trainees but it’s frustrating for trainees I’ve been through it having no driving instructor and front ending for weeks on weeks gets frustrating I’m pretty sure it happens at every TOC

You front end with other drivers so basically just sit in with a qualified driver

the HR are really good even with me when I didn’t do no tests before the process from stage 1 to medical job Offer and start date etc was really fast , ARL is really good I’m still in a talent pool for another TOC its been nearly two years. I think people suddenly think when they apply they will...

Yep, Once they contact you for stage 1 everything speeds up really it’s just the initial waiting period when you apply

That’s not the case took about 6 months before I got a reply back on my application once I had completed the tests and DMI to job offer and start date the overall process was 10 months

congrats I’d personally say forget about them questions lol , you need to get through the training course first, rules traction and handling I’m a trainee myself about to finish my training no need to worry about overtime or incidents as of yet especially overtime as you won’t be doing any...

Low speed handling is fun haha enjoy I remember when I first did this , I’m nearly at the end of my training got around 180 hours I would say for me so far nothing is really difficult it’s the amount of information you have to retain for example when you get to out of course situations...

First of all it depends when I was a trainee you would have different modules to get through some was classroom learning rules like Temporary block working/ESR/AWS/TPWS One module was based on traction another module was just fully based on driving getting your hours up so depending on what...

I carry my hi vis and torch , BR1 key , master key , driver incident/delay report form , little note book with notes for routes junction indicators , shunts etc just in case I forget lol and RT3185 Form and my umbrella

You have to be patient I waited over 3 weeks to get my invite to stage 2. They are also doing a big recruitment drive so bare that in mind