GTR - Trainee Train Driver vacancies (07/12/20)

[Chippy123]

Congratulations! What depot? I've recently finished rules and traction and now waiting for an driver instructor to be available.

Thank you and a massive congratulations to you too! You must be so proud! I believe I will be at Hornsey. How about you, which depot were you based at? And what will they have you do whilst waiting for driving instructor availability?

Congratulations @Chippy123, how long were you in the pool?

Thank you @Porter , I was in the pool for a month. Are you also going through the Great Northern process?

 

[Porter]

Thank you and a massive congratulations to you too! You must be so proud! I believe I will be at Hornsey. How about you, which depot were you based at? And what will they have you do whilst waiting for driving instructor availability?


Thank you @Porter , I was in the pool for a month. Are you also going through the Great Northern process?

@Chippy123 A month is great !! Southern process for me, got my fingers crossed for a short pool residency.

 

[GN Boy]

And what will they have you do whilst waiting for driving instructor availability?

Front end turns (travel up front with a driver) most likely.

 

[Twotwo]

Front end turns (travel up front with a driver) most likely.

Excatly that. Unfortunately there isn't much hornsey or inner link driver instructors available so I'll probably end up going with Peterborougher or Cambridge DI until a inner link driver becomes available.

 

[ItchyRsole]

Still no. Haven’t even had the email update yet..

Didn’t get a thing for May either.

 

[Luckyflames]

Didn’t get a thing for May either.

I know of a couple who’ve got medical this week for TL. Haven’t heard anything about Southern. ☹️

 

[ItchyRsole]

I know of a couple who’ve got medical this week for TL. Haven’t heard anything about Southern. ☹️

Nothing for me from TL unfortunately.

 

[REO Nate]

Did a TL interview yesterday. Was asked if I wanted to do one as well as the Southern, just in case it moves quicker. Waiting for the result.

 

[ElisaHarkness]

Nothing for me from TL unfortunately.

How long have you been waiting?

 

[Luckyflames]

Did a TL interview yesterday. Was asked if I wanted to do one as well as the Southern, just in case it moves quicker. Waiting for the result.

Hopefully that gives you a chance to get on a course quicker. Wish they’d asked me ‍♂️

Nothing for me from TL unfortunately.

Fingers crossed for the future. What are the depots for trainees for TL please ?

 

[ItchyRsole]

How long have you been waiting?

Done MMI in January so quite short in the grand scheme of things I guess.

Doesn’t make the wait any better I must admit

 

[Tigerkenco]

I passed my Mmi in January, had a medical today, then contract through by the afternoon and I start in July. So happy obviously! Just wanted to say a big thanks to all the contributors on this forum, the assistance was invaluable. And good luck to all.

 

[REO Nate]

I passed my Mmi in January, had a medical today, then contract through by the afternoon and I start in July. So happy obviously! Just wanted to say a big thanks to all the contributors on this forum, the assistance was invaluable. And good luck to all.

Congrats!

Which TOC and depot please?

 

[ElisaHarkness]

I passed my Mmi in January, had a medical today, then contract through by the afternoon and I start in July. So happy obviously! Just wanted to say a big thanks to all the contributors on this forum, the assistance was invaluable. And good luck to all.

Well done!

Bloody brutal reading mind

Is that Thameslink?

 

[Tigerkenco]

Congrats!

Which TOC and depot please?

Thanks. Was originally Thameslink and St Albans but no courses ready just yet it seems. Got offered Great Northern and Welwyn depot as it’s not far from me.

Well done!

Bloody brutal reading mind

Is that Thameslink?

Thank you!

 

[Class2ldn]

Probably a good thing switching to welwyn unless you want death by sutton loop lol

 

[Tigerkenco]

Probably a good thing switching to welwyn unless you want death by sutton loop lol

I’ll have to take your word for it mate, thanks

 

[Class2ldn]

I’ll have to take your word for it mate, thanks

I'm not sure what the work is at welwyn but it cant be any worse then st albans.

 

[43066]

I'm not sure what the work is at welwyn but it cant be any worse then st albans.

Isn’t St Albans the only GTR depot that doesn’t sign north of Luton?

Agreed Sutton Loops are depressing - the drivers often look grim faced when I wave at them from the fasts, when they’re in the turn-back siding .

 

[Class2ldn]

Done even sign london bridge do they?

 

[GN Boy]

I'm not sure what the work is at welwyn but it cant be any worse then st albans.

Welwyn GC drivers sign King’s Cross/Moorgate to Cambridge via Hertford and Welwyn GC, with a mixture of 717 and 700 work. One of their links additionally sign via the Core to Sevenoaks via Catford.

 

[Class2ldn]

Bit more variety then st albans then

 

[mresh91]

Isn’t St Albans the only GTR depot that doesn’t sign north of Luton?

Agreed Sutton Loops are depressing - the drivers often look grim faced when I wave at them from the fasts, when they’re in the turn-back siding .

St Albans sign through to Bedford. And fret not about the Sutton loop, grim faces is the look of any driver once they've booked on, regardless of route/TOC.

 

[Economist]

How do we reckon the Sutton Loop compares to a Slade Green rounder? Surely the scenery can't be as depressing as the post-industrial hellscape of Woolwich and the concrete jungle of the Thamesmead estate?

 

[Class2ldn]

Having done both id definitely prefer the sutton loop to be fair lol

 

[ItchyRsole]

Surely the scenery can't be as depressing as the post-industrial hellscape of Woolwich and the concrete jungle of the Thamesmead estate?

In a sick kind of way this excites me as I have a thing for urban / industrial architecture and feel

 

[Class2ldn]

The scum line has a way of making everyone hate it lol

 

[ItchyRsole]

What routes do Cricklewood drivers sign?

 

[westcoaster]

What routes do Cricklewood drivers sign?

Bedford-London bridge
Blackfriars - Orpington
Sutton loop (plus a few ecs to London bridge low level)
Diversions
Crystal palace
Selhurst
West Croydon
London bridge LL via Peckham Rye + connection to high level to reach Blackfriars

 

[ItchyRsole]

Bedford-London bridge
Blackfriars - Orpington
Sutton loop (plus a few ecs to London bridge low level)
Diversions
Crystal palace
Selhurst
West Croydon
London bridge LL via Peckham Rye + connection to high level to reach Blackfriars

Interesting thanks a lot mate.

Do you know what working out of CRI depot is like in general as depots go?