No. You apply for the depot at the start of the application process. There is a small possibility that if a depot is over subscribed, and you have been successfully recruited, you may be offered a choice of another depot.If you are successful for the role can you chose what depot you can be based at? E.G northern kings cross?
Smart.Those who have already had assessments, what did you wear? Suit or smart casual.
If you are successful for the role can you chose what depot you can be based at? E.G northern kings cross?
Just Hornsey.GN are only recruiting for Hornsey and Welwyn Garden City depots AFAIK.
Just Hornsey.
I remember WGC being an advertised depot to apply for as I mentioned it as part of my application. Unless you have inside informationJust Hornsey.
No, heard nothing from Thameslink.Has anyone heard anything from thameslink recently, as in unsuccessful or successful in the first sift? Still not heard anything and wondering if anyone has been informed either way recently?
CongratulationsThank you to everyone on the forum for the invaluable information. I applied for the trainee driver role and passed my assessments and DMI. Now I am awaiting a start date.
Good luck to everyone else in the process.
Congratulations and well done, if you don’t mind me asking was your application from the Dec 20 recruitment campaign?Thank you to everyone on the forum for the invaluable information. I applied for the trainee driver role and passed my assessments and DMI. Now I am awaiting a start date.
Good luck to everyone else in the process
Hi,Congratulations and well done, if you don’t mind me asking was your application from the Dec 20 recruitment campaign?
Wow that was quick. I booked my DMI today having previously passing assessment centre in 2019. Well doneHi,
Thank you and yes, I applied for the most recent recruitment campaign.
Yes, I had already passed my assessments and no, I didn’t have to resit the MMI. If you have already passed all your assessments to GTR’s standards, then all you’ll need to pass is the DMI. Good luck on your DMI! I hope you do well mate. I was told that for every 1 position as a trainee, their are 3,500 applicants vying for that 1 position.Wow, that was quick! I’m presuming you had previously passed assessments etc prior? If so did you have to resit MMI? Just wondering as I am waiting for dmi date after passing assessments, dmi and mmi with another toc prior to applying for this role.
Thanks again mate! I hope you do well and pass your DMI.Wow that was quick. I booked my DMI today having previously passing assessment centre in 2019. Well done
Thank you and good luck for your training courseYes, I had already passed my assessments and no, I didn’t have to resit the MMI. If you have already passed all your assessments to GTR’s standards, then all you’ll need to pass is the DMI. Good luck on your DMI! I hope you do well mate. I was told that for every 1 position as a trainee, their are 3,500 applicants vying for that 1 position.
Thanks again mate! I hope you do well and pass your DMI.
Which depot will you be at?Thank you to everyone on the forum for the invaluable information. I applied for the trainee driver role and passed my assessments and DMI. Now I am awaiting a start date.
Good luck to everyone else in the process.
Congratulations!Thank you to everyone on the forum for the invaluable information. I applied for the trainee driver role and passed my assessments and DMI. Now I am awaiting a start date.
Good luck to everyone else in the process.
Congratulations!
I passed the mini SCAAT in Feb and after having my first assessment day cancelled due to lack of assessors, I got an email today to book in for a day in Croydon. This is for TL, I didn’t make the sift for Southern.
Good luck to everyone else waiting for an assessment date, the recruitment team sent through tons of practice material with the booking confirmation, so plenty to keep me busy while I prepare.
Thank you to everyone on the forum for the invaluable information. I applied for the trainee driver role and passed my assessments and DMI. Now I am awaiting a start date.
Good luck to everyone else in the process.
Yes they doCongratulations! I've got an invite for the assesments but I've sat them previously. Does anyone know if GN do the DFFT?
Thank you, appreciate it! Best of luck with your DMI.Yes they do
If you are successful for the role can you chose what depot you can be based at? E.G northern kings cross?
If you want to eventually end up at a different depot than the one you applied for a vacancy at, you have to do two years productive work there first before you can go on the lateral transfer list to swap depots.
Bedford is the depot with the highest number waiting to transfer there, with almost 50. Basically, that driver who's bottom of the list is going to have to wait for about half the depot to retire or die before they get there.
Peterborough is second with nearly 25 (so about a third of the depot need to die or retire before the bottom of the list gets there)
Luton is popular at just under twenty.
Cambridge has almost 15 on it's waiting list, but has about 90 drivers currently, so proportionally isn't as bad.
Kings Cross is a small depot now that most drivers were moved to the new traincrew depot at Hornsey. Theres only about 36 drivers for GTR at Kings Cross now, making it the same size depot as King Lynn. Both Kings Cross and Kings Lynn have a similar sized waiting list at 6-8 but that's proportionally longer than Cambridge's, although they tend to have a higher proportion of older drivers which might make a vacancy come around more quickly.
The other depot's waiting lists aren't too bad with single figures currently
Having said all that, if someone retires at Kings Lynn, a person currently at Cambridge will fill the vacancy, and a person from Welwyn will fill that one, and someone from Hornsey will move into that one. So there's a whole chain reaction from one person retiring.
Yes as they are on the same conditions. Southern might as well be a seperate entity ! I know of a driver going from TL to GNinteresting info. Do drivers transfer between TL and GN depots then ? I know Southern is a whole different thing but just out of curiosity.