Practise the tests that decide rail selection
Over four hundred people apply for every train driver vacancy, and most are gone before the assessment centre. These are the tests that do the cutting.
The first 20 questions of every test are free, scored in full. Unlock one test from $2.99, or every test for $25, for the full paper and the breakdown behind your score.
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Alongside the UK battery that train operators and Network Rail use, you can practise tests from India, North America, Australia, Europe, East Asia, Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Each card names who uses the real assessment and which roles sit it.
United Kingdom10 tests
Group Bourdon
Concentration and visual scanning under time pressure
- Train driver
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
SCAAT
Sustained concentration with attention switching
- Guard
- Conductor
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
Vigilance
Sustained attention across a long, monotonous task
- Train driver
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
ATAVT
Speed and accuracy of taking in a whole scene at a glance
- Train driver
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
RAAT
Understanding and reasoning with written rules and procedures
- Train driver
- Guard
- Conductor
- Signaller
Used by UK train operators and Network Rail
TRP1
Acquiring rules and procedures, then applying them from memory
- Train driver
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
TRP2
Acquiring conditional rules and holding their structure from memory
- Train driver
Used by UK train operators (RSSB-accredited assessment centres)
Train operator situational judgement
Judgement on safety, customers, teamwork, pressure and procedure
- Train driver
Used by Transport for London, Train Operator
Signaller multitasking
Attention across several sources and rule-based decisions under rising load
- Signaller
Used by Network Rail, Signaller (and Mobile Operations Manager)
Graduate numerical and inductive reasoning
Numerical and inductive reasoning for graduate scheme selection
- Signaller
Used by Network Rail graduate schemes
India3 tests
RRB CBAT
Memory, following directions, depth perception, concentration and perceptual speed
- Train driver
Used by Indian Railways (RRB), Assistant Loco Pilot
Metro psycho test
Embedded figures, figure association, memory and observation
- Train driver
- Controller
- Station staff
Used by Indian metro rail (DMRC, BMRCL, UPMRC, NCRTC, Maha-Metro, KMRL, CMRL), Train Operator and Station Controller
Train controller multitasking
Multitasking, prioritisation and working memory under rising load
- Controller
Used by Indian Railways Section Controller; Queensland Rail; ProRail; Vienna Test System dispatcher battery
North America1 test
Australia3 tests
Trainee driver reasoning
Verbal, abstract and numerical reasoning
- Train driver
Used by Sydney Trains, Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line, Queensland Rail
Queensland train controller cognitive
Applying a written rule set quickly and correctly while alarms compete for attention
- Controller
Used by Queensland Rail, trainee train controller
Visual search psychomotor
Visual search and psychomotor speed
- Train driver
Used by Sydney Trains, trainee train driver
Europe6 tests
DB train driver aptitude
Concentration, logic (number series and figures) and memory
- Train driver
- Signaller
Used by Deutsche Bahn, Lokführer and Fahrdienstleiter
Determination
Multi-stimulus choice reaction under rising load
- Train driver
- Signaller
Used by Vienna Test System users: Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB, Transnet, Gautrain, Taiwan High Speed Rail, V/Line, Renfe
Rail driver psychometric
Verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning for a driver sift
- Train driver
Used by Irish rail driver recruitment
Spatial and mental arithmetic
Spatial visualisation (cube folding) and mental arithmetic
- Train driver
Used by SBB (Swiss Federal Railways)
Train dispatcher game
Rule-based routing and divided attention as the event rate rises
- Controller
Used by ProRail, train dispatcher (treindienstleider)
Train dispatcher multitasking
Route decisions under rules combined with fast, rule-bound reactions
- Controller
Used by Deutsche Bahn, Fahrdienstleiter (train dispatcher)
East Asia4 tests
Kraepelin addition
Sustained speed and accuracy of continuous mental addition, with a work curve
- Train driver
- Station staff
Used by Japanese rail operators (legal requirement for a driving licence), Toei, Indonesia KAI (Pauli variant)
MTR verbal and numerical reasoning
Verbal and numerical reasoning (SHL-style aptitude)
- Train driver
Used by MTR Corporation, Hong Kong
SPI-style verbal and numerical
Verbal and numerical aptitude for graduate recruitment
- Station staff
Used by JR East, Toei and other Japanese railway graduate recruiters
Driving adaptability test
Perceptual speed and spatial perception
- Train driver
Used by Train driver licensing in mainland China (National Railway Administration)
Latin America1 test
Africa1 test
Southeast Asia1 test
Why there is little to memorise
Most tests are generated fresh from a random seed, so the patterns and questions you get have never existed before. The judgement and rules tests instead draw a fresh paper from a larger pool of original scenarios and questions, so they repeat over time but never as the same paper. Either way there is no answer sheet to learn. What improves your score is what the real assessment measures: how well you scan, how carefully you check, and how long you can hold both together.
That is also why nothing here is copied from any test publisher. See below.