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The first three questions will be along the lines of. What do you know about Northern, what do you know about the job of conductor, why do you think you would fit the role. These are fairly easy to prepare an answer for. The rest of the questions will be competency based, along the lines of :-...

They are entirely separate. There is no longer any national standard tests for conductors although some TOCs choose to use psychometric tests as part of the recruitment process.

I'm not sure of the year, I'm guessing it was the late noughties that Manchester got a regular hourly service to Bristol with some extensions to Plymouth and Paignton, and trains from the north east got an hourly service to Reading. Prior to that the Manchester trains mostly went to Reading /...

That is true but generally early shifts for driver start before 7am and finish by 4pm, late shifts start between 10am and 4pm and finish between 7pm and 3am. So there isn't much travel at peak time. There are shifts at Victoria that finish about 10pm and it can take over an hour to get out of...

They will generally check off peak journey times as you will be unlikely to be travelling at peak time due to shift start and finish times.

Managers are also required to make allowances under the equality act. For example someone with a long term lung condition such as COPD is likely covered under the act. By the nature of their condition they may be more succeptable to chest infections and may take longer to recover. They are...

You will be asked to introduce yourself and give details of work history (this isn't marked but will obviously sets an impression). You will then have 10 competency based questions, each question is scored and carries equal weighting. The first 3 or 4 are guaranteed to be 3 or 4 of:- Why did...

Yes as a dispatcher, they certainly do have a medical as they have to see that you meet eyesight (including not having colour blindness) requirements, hearing requirements. You also need to be assessed that you don't have any conditions that may stop you doing other aspects of the job such as...

I believe Trainee Driver is technically a different grade to Driver at some TOCs. Therefore Trainee Drivers don't get a ballot paper and are not part of the action. If they are at a training school then there is probably no picket line to cross and they would be expected to go in unless told...

I think you are expected to return everything including your priv card to your current employer and obtain a new one. Some TOCs do have slightly different PRIV arrangements and require a minimum service time (Southeastern and Scotrail do or did at one point). If you are ex BR and still have the...

Minor alteration but Northern Manchester Victoria and Wigan drivers now sign Wigan to Headbolt Lane not Kirkby. Similarly Merseyrail Kirkdale and Southport sign to Headbolt Lane not Kirkby now. The guards section also needs changing Wigan drivers also sign Manchester Victoria to Newton Heath depot

You should be able to see them early on in training by asking your local manager. You may be able to get them earlier than this by emailing HR although they may not release them until you are actually an employee. Unlike unit diagrams, train crew diagrams should not be publicly available for...

They haven't changed since then

It's actually a £1750 pay increase for both the trainee and qualified rates. The pay award was 5% or £1750 whichever was the greater. Works out about 5.8%

It's no longer industry standard for guards to have to wear steel toe caps but some employers may still insist on it (not sure if TFW do). Footwear needs to be non slip, oil resistant and meet a particular British standard. All information will be given before/when you start, I wouldn't go...

I would suggest black trousers, not jeans.

One of the main questions likely to be asked is why you feel the need to take it? Is there an underlying issue such as fatigue or stress that's causing you to feel the need to take a drug to combat it? They should then look to address that.

Unlike train driving, there is no longer any national standard that must be achieved for a conductor role. TOCs are free to set their own recruitment standards and have their own risk assessments and safety requirements so the requirements will be different to a driver role and therefore I don't...

If you improve during the test it will count in your favour, so if on your last 2 tests you only go out a couple of times compared with maybe 15 on your 1st 2 attempts. Do not be disheartened if you have a few bad runs. Keep going and try to improve. Obviously if your latter runs are worse than...

3 links, think about 30 guards in each Routes as listed on forum, expected to lose Slade Lane to Stockport from December so a new guard may not sign it. Links 1 and 2 sign all routes Link 3 sign all routes except Preston to Barrow and Lancaster to Morecambe. New starters start in link 3 and...