Good luck onto the wonderful world of trains, at least you won’t have to deal with customers which is personally the worst part of working in a train company
What do you mean? I value every passenger that gets on my train from the quiet ones to the rowdy ones who always seem to get as close to me as physically possible! WARNING: There may be hints of sarcasm above!!
Oh you’re a driver that’s better ! I’m a station manager but working on the suburban side of the company and the people there are quite special ( I’m not generalizing by saying that everyone is hard to manage but many make your work hard ) and on my 8 hours shift I’m 90% of the time in direct contact with the customers so trust me, when there’s an incident or a traffic disruption I’m some kind of a scapegoat for the big crowd but it doesn’t stop me to enjoy working for the railway which is a family thing for me and a wonderful world
Yes I am, so lucky in the sense I don't have to mingle with the passengers too much: I do feel sorry for the train managers and platform staff with some of the things I see and hear about, especially when there's disruption or a 5 coach train on what should be 9 (though I think that's a completely different discussion) and big football games on. It is a wonderful industry to be in as there is always something to smile about at the end of the day and, apart from a few months on the old family farm, the railway has been the only place I've worked so it must be good!
To be honest we had a huge part of our training based on managing what we call hot situations such as a special event or a suicide which is quit common and luckily when I saw one for the first time it was impressive and hard work to deal with it and to evacuate thousands of people. Thankfully we can count on our colleagues from the Railways Police to help us on intense situations. I might “upgrade” one day to become a driver as I really want to drive the TGV it always been a dream and like you said it well, apart from all the bad things happening during work times I still manage to have a big smile. That would be insane indeed lol but I work on another company on the other side of the Channel
No mate, I work for a TOC in the UK and not Scotrail though it would be a rather sweet coincidence! Oh yes, any old fool could dispatch a train or check tickets for example but having to deal with every single person who steps on railway land for any reason is where it can get difficult (especially having to deal with/ experience the latter). It does require a large dose of common sense a lot of the time. I would highly recommend becoming a driver if you are prepared for the responsibility, as it is certainly worth it at the end of the day and, well, there are not too many other people who get to see the wonderfully scenery I do all day long!
