SlimJim1694
Member
Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on the mainline depots at Cardiff (TFW) and Derby (EMR) from the perspective of qualified drivers joining these companies please. From what I can work out you have to serve your time doing local work first (which I have no problem with), but unlike the usual progressive link systems the mainline work appears to be completely separate with no automatic progression, rather than just 'top link', as it were.
Have I got this right? And if so, how do you get into the mainline links at these places? Do you have to apply separately once you are already in the company like SE HS1? I wouldnt fancy Cardiff Valleys with all this talk of train-trams. Presumably there is a long wait for the mainline as I've never seen it advertised externally there, which I guess would rule it out for any newbie who doesn't want to be a tram driver in the future.
I wouldn't expect to, or want to jump any queues, and it wouldn't bother me doing local work at Derby indefinitely, I'm just trying to find out how the land lies at these places.
I'm 95% certain of a job somewhere else (awaiting final confirmation) but still keeping my options open in light of the current Covid situation.
Have I got this right? And if so, how do you get into the mainline links at these places? Do you have to apply separately once you are already in the company like SE HS1? I wouldnt fancy Cardiff Valleys with all this talk of train-trams. Presumably there is a long wait for the mainline as I've never seen it advertised externally there, which I guess would rule it out for any newbie who doesn't want to be a tram driver in the future.
I wouldn't expect to, or want to jump any queues, and it wouldn't bother me doing local work at Derby indefinitely, I'm just trying to find out how the land lies at these places.
I'm 95% certain of a job somewhere else (awaiting final confirmation) but still keeping my options open in light of the current Covid situation.