A state-of-the-art simulator will offer Metro drivers a fully immersive training experience as they countdown to the new trains arriving. The fully sized replica of the new Metro train cab has been installed at the Nexus Learning Centre in South Shields. It uses CGI to give a realistic and interactive train driving experience.
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The nationalised ScotRail recruitment 'scandal' that has caused massive cuts to train services will not be resolved for five years, it is feared.
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Class 334 driver training started 27 November, and in December Alstom received certification for test-running to commence in multiple. On 20 December Adtranz agreed to undertake a modifications programme to improve the reliability of ScotRail Turbostars. The ScotRail Class 158 refurbishment programme is now nearing completion at Shields, and Class 150/2s are emerging in the new ScotRail livery. The new station building at Largs came into use in mid-December.
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