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    Railway pension

    Not sure where to post this, but given this is a work related issue, I thought the jobs/career section would be the best fit. I’m trying to do some research as each TOC has their own section of the railway pension, and that the auto-contributions will differ between TOCs. I’ve read you can do...
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    LNER Intercity 225

    I’m travelling to Leeds in a couple of weeks. Is there a way of finding out which type of traction LNER will be using? I haven’t booked anything yet, but I’d prefer to travel on the 225 rather than the Azuma. I will be travelling on either a Monday or a Tuesday.
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    DMI Chiltern Railways

    Hi everybody, I recently found out that I passed OPC stage 2, and I have to admit I’m very excited about having my DMI for Trainee train driver Very soon! Is anyone willing to share any advice/insights into the DMI process at Chiltern? Will the questions be similar to that in the MMI...
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    SCAAT for Conductors assessment, advise please!

    I've been practising using the group bourdon download. My problem is that I can go very quick when searching for the single shape on the first stage with zero errors. But when you get to stage 2 & 3 where you have to search for two shapes and the alternating shape this naturally slows you down...
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    Is it ever ok to....

    Is it ever ok to 'Snake the Dots'? I failed my GBT a few years ago for going to slow, and an experienced driver told me to 'snake the dots' next time instead of going in the left-right direction your instructed to do for each row. Not sure if this is possible on the computerised version...

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