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    Coventry Park & Ride- What a nightmare today!!

    Hello All I today had the dis-pleasure of using the Park and Ride at the War Memorial Park in Coventry today, I have used it many a time, and the last time I used it was early last year and at the time, the service that was operated from there was pretty good. Clean (and green) punctual buses...
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    What did I just see? :)

    Hello all Iam not too sure if this is in the right place or not but I was wondering if someone can tell me what I just witnessed :) Iam currently on my lunch break sitting near to hillmorton junction on the wcml near rugby, and around 11.54 a coupled up 2-4 car (what might be desiro's) emu...
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    XC (and maybe general)Cancellations

    Hello all Not too sure if this thread is posted in the right section or not (sorry in advance if it's wrong!) just wondering about something, I was waiting at leamington for the 1822 CH service to Kidderminster and I heard on the tannoy that the XC service to Manchester that originally...
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    Promotions for toc employees

    Hello all This might sound like a stupid question with a obvious answer to those who work for various toc's across the UK but I was wondering if I or anybody else applied for a job that was advertised for a station role or ticket/ train manager role what are the chances of gaining potential...
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    Travelling from euston to Waterloo

    Hello all I'm travelling today through London, and I was wondering what is the quickest route is between euston and Waterloo? I have an hour and 5 minutes to get from euston (where my vt arrives) to catch my (swt) train from Waterloo will that give enough time to travel on the tube between...
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    A Deltic in Leicester!

    Hello again all This another thread about a brief sighting :) On Tuesday I was working over in Leicester and just approaching a bridge in North Leicester I saw a wonderful sight that was a Deltic pulling a class 37,class 47 and the HST prototype. Now I checked its route on real time...
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    A southern unit in the midlands!

    Hello all Not too sure if this is the right place to post this, a few weeks ago I saw a "southern" emu briefly on the rugby to Northampton branch-I thought I was dreaming!, I don't know if it was coupled up to a 380 LM unit if it wasn't,do Southern have any units that can do Ac & Dc? And also...
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    Invitation for an trainee bus drivers assessment!

    Hello all A few months ago i created a thread in this section (which is now locked) in regards to myself applying for a position as a trainee bus driver for National express Travel west midlands, and after 4 months or so i've been invited for an written assessment for this saturday, i...
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    Being a Trainee bus driver.

    Just wondering if any of you fellow forumers are bus drivers, who have started at a trainee level especially with Nxbus (or any other big company). Just would like to know how it was when you started and how easy/hard it is to go through the whole training process? Also :) Are there any other...
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    Applying for a job at Virgin trains

    Hello folks Iam looking to apply for two positions at virgin trains, both situated at different stations but I was wondering can I only apply for one position at a time or both?The job applications close tomorrow so a bit of help would be great :)

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