Recent content by Class2ldn

I'm in the same boat, would love to get out now, got an lgv and pcv licence but none will pay anywhere near without some serious hours. Royal mail is probably the closest to the railway in terms of pay and terms etc but its dead man shoes for lorry driving. Would have loved to have given the...

Most companies won't entertain trainees relocating, some will some won't but you'll find it hard as a trainee applying whens there's other's that already live there and dont need to overcome that hurdle.

There used to be a restriction of only 2 full loops but thats up to st albans or Luton if I remember rightly, from blackfriars we regularly done 3 or 4 on a Sunday or during booked works but you'd never do more then 2 full runs, not that you'd have time anyway in a shift, sometimes and 2 and a...

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Normally 3 years i think but whether it would be enforced is another matter.

Is that only at bedford they do both because at three bridges they are only shunt drivers?

Indeed it has, loads at three bridges went over a while back.

No, they are depot drivers .

There's people in their mid 50s training, dont let your age stop you from applying.

Sorry mate but the railway isn't really that flexible, if you cant reliably show you can get in for all jobs you're unlikely to get far in the process, while its not normally a requirement to have a car licence it is normally the easiest way for you to get to work and they want stability and...

I believe they will let you apply for the trainee jobs that come up and you just need to stipulate you are qualified. Dont know if that's changed, skipton is somewhere I'd be interested in eventually. Lovely part of the country.

Certainly isn't with my manager lol

Its company specific, industry standard is 5 years but each company has its own rules

Normally a 6 month wait for the same toc

Hornsey and kings cross are both quite work intensive routes, lots of inner suburban workings and tend to be more feeder depots for new starters. Pretty much any depot at TL/GN will be fairly work intensive but obviously some are better then others. They will all have long amounts of time in...