RailFocusTrain driver assessment practice
UK train driver selection uses timed aptitude tests of concentration, reaction, visual search, memory, rules, and judgement. These tests practise those task formats so assessment day is not the first time you sit this kind of work, under a clock.
Each card explains what you do in the test, and why it is used. There are 32 tests, and 5 of them are free to try. Sit a free sample with no account, run the Assessment Day Simulator in the same order as the day, print the free aptitude test PDF, or sit the free situational judgement sample.
Type
5 of 32 tests
Reasoning · 5 / 10 / 25 questions
What you do
Timed operational questions: faults, signals, and what to do next.
Why it is useful
Selection is not only attention tests. You also pick a safe next step against the clock. The quiet answer is often better: stop, protect, tell someone. This is practice for that kind of decision, not a leaked paper.
Reasoning · 5 / 8 / 12 trials
What you do
A train asks for a named route through Westford Junction. Follow that path. Occupied, locked, or unproven means hold.
Why it is useful
Signaller selection cares about a simple default: do not set a route you cannot prove. The trap is setting because the request is waiting, or holding because a different line is busy.
Reasoning · 5 / 8 / 12 questions
What you do
Compare two papers. Spot the mismatch, then name it.
Why it is useful
Noticing that two versions do not agree is cab and signaller work. Finding a difference is not enough. You have to say what kind of error it is.
Reasoning · 5 / 10 / 25 questions
What you do
Harder timed questions: compound faults, signalling, and multi-step logic.
Why it is useful
The first problem-solving set teaches the shape of the task. This one stacks steps. The safe, boring answer is still usually better than the dramatic one.
Reasoning · 4 / 6 / 14 scenarios
What you do
A short work scene. Pick the most appropriate response, then the least.
Why it is useful
This is often an early filter. They are not asking if you like trains. They want to know whether you stop, tell the right person, and do not pass danger to keep the job moving. Saying nothing is a common trap.
Try 5 train driver aptitude tests free
No card required. Start practising in 60 seconds. Practice is for the type of task. It is not the official paper, and a practice score is not a pass.