Irish Rail Jobs Discussion

Jan 23, and asked for Heuston station

@Smithadam1998

Had mine 2 weeks ago. There was certainly a higher degree of intensity to the line manager interview. It's much easier to convey competency and level headedness to one person than it is to do the same for three people.

The pacing of the interview segments was certainly a bit different also, seemed to me to be a lot more quick and to the point. It appears that this was the last week of interviews and if not its next week.

Seeing three people on the call, two of which are in uniform and at work really drives home the fact that this is the real deal lol.

My first interview ran for an hour and a half but this one was right on time. I don't believe that means anything in particular but they took their time keeping seriously.

Verdicts will be handed out very soon now I imagine. When I did mine two weeks ago they said itl be 2-4 weeks until I hear back. Just rest easy now knowing you've done everything you could have and it's out of your hands now. I wish you the best of luck with the results. Onwards and upwards!

-Craig.

@samcro_savagery

I didn't receive an invite to a medical. My guess is that I'll either get a medical invite or a thanks but no thanks email. Having studied this forum for a while it seems that they either give medicals before the line manager interview or afterwards with no particular rhyme or reason to deciding when.

Im from the October '23 recruitment drive also if that helps.

@Designator

Id be lying if I said that thought hadn't crossed my mind to be honest.

I know a lad that signed his contract 3 months ago after waiting 2 years. Everything is possible in this game and that's certainly something that's worth a mention @Smithadam1998

As a matter of disclaimer I do recommend you read over what designator just said.

Whatever about the wait I just hope I do get the medical invite. It's been a mental process and while it's quite tough being left in the dark there is a nice bit of adrenaline involved 😂

If there is anyone in here that lurks on these forums for information don't be afraid to drop me a quick DM with any questions on the process so far. I'm always happy to help out. Especially for those of you who are yet to apply and wanting to know what's actually involved.

Same here, this forum was a huge help for me.

Congratulations, is training in Inchicore also?

yeah inchicore training for 25 @jumpinjohnny85

@kitcats

Great News, Congrats!!

Got a phone call today for dart training mid May too , very happy to hear from them! 2 work references were asked for and then more info to follow via email.

Congratulations to those who got a call too and hopefully for the rest waiting it's good news soon. 8 in the class I was told. 23 weeks of training in Inchicore.

Hi Daz,

That's really unfortunate man. I'm starting on the 7th. I'm from Jan 23 also. I got the call last Wednesday. I'm not entirely sure how many classes they are running or the time frame between classes but I will ask the question for you when we start and I'll get back to you. It's a pity, because I was hoping someone else on here would be starting on the 7th aswell.

I'll get back to you when I can, and hope you're not waiting too much longer.

Johnny

out of curiosity, does anyone have the phone number that they called you off to offer you the place on the course? Would be handy for everyone waiting to save it in our phones so we know for sure that its a phone call to definitely answer

@dazblackhawk

Hi Daz, very unlucky to have missed the chance this time. I was told there would be 3 more classes planned this year which includes the 2 classes starting in May. They did also tell me this was changeable though.

I was chatting to a recruiter from Irish Rail today at the Transport Research Arena. They were saying they are going to be looking to train up and hire people for the new National Traffic Control Centre. More details should be coming out in a few weeks. I believe it’s to be part of the new signal control team, and I enquired about requirements for degrees etc, and it didn’t sound like any specific degrees were required.

I was given a tour of the new control centre a few weeks back in Heuston, and I have to say, it was one of the coolest workplaces I’ve ever seen.

Anyways, just figured I’d share in case people were interested.

When I was offered the job, I happened to be on another call, so missed HRs call. She immediately sent a text saying who she was & asked when would be a good time to call me. She called immediately when I responded to her text.

@samcro_savagery

Great news, Congratulations!

Hi all, didn’t get too far with my train driver application last year so this year I decided to stick with what (I think) I know best and applied for the craftworker position instead. Did my interview end of feb and medical 2 weeks ago but haven’t heard anything since. Just wondering if anyone else in the same boat or maybe heard something back. Great forum btw.

Does anyone know what the driver training looks like in terms of exams? Is it a number of exams at the end of the 23 weeks in Inchicore or at end of the 250 hours of supervised driving with your mentor? Or is a mix of exams at different stages? Any info would be much appreciated, thanks!

Exams weekly in the school and a written exam that lasts for 2 or 3 days at the end of classroom based training. Once doing your 250 hours you will be periodically assessed by your Inspector and then at the end of the 250 hours a final few days driving assessment before your out on your own. Your mentors will be asked how they think you are doing as your racking up the hours driving and even though this carries no official weight, it does. Just pay attention and listen and soak in all the info you’re given. Have a good attitude and a willingness to learn and you’ll be grand. Seen to many people come in over the years with a ‘I know it all’ attitude and not last pissing time in the grade

As far as I know exams at the end of the 23 weeks training in Inchicore and after that you pass out as a trainee driver then driving with another driver.

Does anyone know are there other benefits drivers get aside from salary? I have heard it mentioned there is health insurance and discounted/free public transport but can't find any concrete information. Also wondering how many days annual leave there are?

There doesn't seem to have been any information booklet released like you would see for other public sector jobs.

I think starting salary on training is €45,000 rising to €50,000+ when fully trained and goes up to €65,000 now. Also I know from my experience working with bus eireann that there’ll be a weekly €5 deduction for the union membership, approx €2.50 deduction a week to cover the free gp visits scheme, pension deductions weekly normally start at about €30 . Free travel on bus and rail throughout Ireland for you and your immediate family, they also are covered under the free gp visits. Also in bus Eireann we had to pay €20 a week back for our first two years to cover the cost of our training but if you stay two years you get the money back which amounts to over €2,000 so I’d imagine Irish rail have something similar to this also.

Im starting next week. The pay starts at €49000 during training and then rises to €52000 when fully trained. Then after 10 years its €65000. Im also going to be paid monthly which i think is a new thing for new recruits but not sure. Hope that helps.