Northern, the second largest train operator in the country, is currently undergoing a major recruitment drive and invited the Yorkshire Evening Post along to get a taste of the rigorous recruitment and training process.
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00:00 Being a Leeds train driver is an unsung job.
00:03 They often get us from A to B without so much as a thank you and today
00:07 the Yorkshire Evening Post have been invited inside Northern's special training programme to get an exclusive look at the work that goes into
00:15 becoming a train driver. Let's take a look inside shall we?
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00:59 So Leeds, I just finished the train driver's training day experience.
01:06 I actually surprised myself on what I felt I did reasonably well on both the theory test part and maybe a wee bit of the VR practical stuff.
01:16 Although I don't think I'll be quitting the day job any time soon and I'll be quite happy to let the professionals do their thing the next time that I'm on one of Leeds train services.
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