Some will put you in a hotel, some will expect you to make use of your newly acquired free train travelOh wow, so what do they do if you live far from the training centre but close to the depot?
Only at Derby.XC is at Brum and Derby
Southern’s is at Streatham Hill and West Worthing I think.
Thameslink at Three Bridges and possibly Bedford.
Great Northern at Hornsey and Letchworth Garden City.
In addition there’s a training centre used for classroom based stuff at Monument Place in the City of London, not far from London Cannon Street.
Southeastern, I’m aware of a training centre at Orpington. Traction training also takes place at Grosvenor Carriage sidings outside London Victoria.
Everyone seems to be replying to this thread assuming we’re talking about trainee driver/Guard training locations, so I’ll form the same assumptionOh wow, so what do they do if you live far from the training centre but close to the depot?
SWR don’t supply hotels routinely, although they do have a budget for it depending on the role and location etc. I’ve never known them arrange accommodation for trainee train crew though.
This could be a real trek if you’re going to be based at Waterloo (or any London Depot I guess?) as you could live in Kent/Sussex etc and be within an hour of say Waterloo, but certainly not Basingstoke. I guess in those circumstances temporarily relocating would be an idea?can only comment on SWR, no hotel accommodation on guards course at Basingstoke, expected to travel (free) daily. Also expected to get yourself to a depot or other location if required to during initial training
This could be a real trek if you’re going to be based at Waterloo (or any London Depot I guess?) as you could live in Kent/Sussex etc and be within an hour of say Waterloo, but certainly not Basingstoke. I guess in those circumstances temporarily relocating would be an idea?
When I was at SWR, we sent people to Stratford for training and we supplied accommodation, which is how I know there’s a budget for it (although it wasn’t a lot of staff as it was a small grade).
It is, but that’s not what I’m saying. You could LIVE up to an hour away from Waterloo (say to the north of London), meaning it takes that hour to get to Waterloo, being your Home Depot. So all of a sudden the 45 mins is actually 1hr 46m.It's only 45 mins from Waterloo to Basingstoke, so relocating seems a bit extreme!
Bletchley driver training is done in 3 locations.Does anyone know where the training centres are for some of the biggest TOCs? Maybe we could curate a list if there isn't one already.
I'm mainly interested in West Midlands - for those based in Bletchley