Score through the run
The colours match the tests, so you can see what held and what dipped.
Train driver assessment practice, before the real thing.
Practise the aptitude tests associated with UK train-driver selection. Build speed, accuracy and confidence before assessment day.
No card required. Start practising in 60 seconds.
Free aptitude tests
Timed practice modules
Tracks: driver and signaller
The tests
32 timed modules designed to practise the skills and task formats associated with UK rail selection. Sit them now, so assessment day isn't the first time.
- Vigilance
- Group Bourdon
- WAFV-style reaction
- TEA-Occ
- rules
- divided attention
- anticipation
- memory
| Your practice test | Underlying test | Measures |
|---|---|---|
VigilanceVigilance Test | Vigilance Test | Sustained attention |
Reaction TimeReaction Time Test | Reaction Time Test | Speed of response |
Problem SolvingMechanical / abstract reasoning | Mechanical / abstract reasoning | Logical reasoning |
Visual SearchVisual Search Test | Visual Search Test | Selective attention |
Group BourdonGroup Bourdon Test | Group Bourdon Test | Concentration and accuracy |
WAFV Reaction TimeWAFV | WAFV | Sustained attention and reaction speed |
Route MonitoringRoute Monitoring Test | Route Monitoring Test | Monitoring several sources of information |
Error DetectionError Checking Test | Error Checking Test | Accuracy and reasoning |
Visual PursuitVisual Pursuit | Visual Pursuit | Visual tracking |
Cab MonitoringCab Monitoring | Cab Monitoring | Monitoring several live cab sources |
ATAVT PerceptionATAVT Perception | ATAVT Perception | Brief visual encoding |
Two-hand trackingTwo-hand tracking | Two-hand tracking | Bimanual tracking |
Auditory AttentionAuditory Vigilance | Auditory Vigilance | Listening attention |
AnticipationAnticipation Test | Anticipation Test | Timing and prediction |
Rules Acquisition (RAAT)RAAT | RAAT | Learning and applying new rules |
Problem Solving +Advanced reasoning | Advanced reasoning | Complex reasoning |
Bourdon enduranceBourdon-style endurance | Bourdon-style endurance | Long-duration concentration |
Rules & Procedures (TRP1)TRP1 | TRP1 | Rule following |
Rules Acquisition Advanced (RAAT)Advanced RAAT | Advanced RAAT | Rule learning |
Dials & Cables (TRP2)TRP2 | TRP2 | Applying operational procedures |
Situational JudgementSJT | SJT | Decision making |
Divided AttentionDual Task Test | Dual Task Test | Multitasking |
TEA-Occ (Beats & Symbols)TEA-Occ | TEA-Occ | Divided attention |
Structured InterviewMMI / competency interview | MMI / competency interview | Behavioural competencies |
Digit SpanWAIS Digit Span | WAIS Digit Span | Short-term memory |
N-BackN-Back Test | N-Back Test | Working memory |
Auditory Working MemoryWorking Memory Test | Working Memory Test | Auditory memory |
StroopStroop Test | Stroop Test | Inhibitory control |
FlankerEriksen Flanker Task | Eriksen Flanker Task | Selective attention |
Corsi BlocksCorsi Block-Tapping Test | Corsi Block-Tapping Test | Visuospatial memory |
Task SwitchTask switching | Task switching | Cognitive flexibility |
Symbol CodingSymbol Digit Coding | Symbol Digit Coding | Processing speed |
5 free to start. The rest unlock with Plus. Try a free sample, no account needed. Then sit them in order.
Test spotlight
Group Bourdon
On assessment day you sit Group Bourdon: a sheet of dot clusters, and you click every one that matches the count. Near-misses are the trap.
Find every cluster of 3
Sit them on a computer
Read a short intro, run the test, and keep the score. The real day is almost always a desktop and a mouse.
All your aptitude tests in one place
No more searching across aptitude websites for each format. Vigilance, Bourdon, reaction, and the rest sit in one account. Sit a test, keep the score, pick the next one.
See which tests slipped
Finish a mock and every score sits on one line, so you can see the whole run at once. The dips are the ones that still wobble. Those are the ones to sit again before assessment day, while you still have time.
A roadmap to assessment day
A pile of tests is not a plan. The roadmap puts them in order: free modules first, then the rest of your track, then a mock. Tick items off as you go, or skip to the test you need.
Try 5 train driver aptitude tests free
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Assessment Day Simulator
Sit the aptitude tests in order, with the same kind of breaks, so assessment day is not the first time.
A short practice run is free with an account. The full mock, with breaks, is on Plus.
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iOS and Android
Also on your phone
The same kind of practice, offline on iOS and Android. The apps are a separate purchase. Website Plus does not unlock them.
The website has the full set of modules. An app purchase does not unlock the website either.
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