30-06-2009, 10:32 AM
Hello,
As an immediate past (and Pass candidate) for 2008's Module 3 exam, I can say I fully empathise with many who struggle with which format to use for the Signal Aspect and Route Control Tables. Like you, I went through that phase.
I must add that like many sitting for the exams, I am non-UK so I had to learn UK Network Rail practice.
When I first started taking the exams I used the Network Rail format. I found that the best time I could achieve was more than 10 minutes or a third of the 30 minutes set aside for answering the question. This was too long.
Last year I decided to use the column format as practically I found drawing the lines much easier and the entries in the less frequently used boxes to put them under the Remarks column. I took about 6 minutes for this format. I have included in this posting the format that I used with my practice answers and comments by PJW.
I think using Network Rail's format for the Point Control Tables is not an issue although I have posted the modified format for one of the answers for 2006. Entries for Swinging Overlaps etc (which are quite rare) can be put under the Remarks column.
Hope this posting helps
As an immediate past (and Pass candidate) for 2008's Module 3 exam, I can say I fully empathise with many who struggle with which format to use for the Signal Aspect and Route Control Tables. Like you, I went through that phase.
I must add that like many sitting for the exams, I am non-UK so I had to learn UK Network Rail practice.
When I first started taking the exams I used the Network Rail format. I found that the best time I could achieve was more than 10 minutes or a third of the 30 minutes set aside for answering the question. This was too long.
Last year I decided to use the column format as practically I found drawing the lines much easier and the entries in the less frequently used boxes to put them under the Remarks column. I took about 6 minutes for this format. I have included in this posting the format that I used with my practice answers and comments by PJW.
I think using Network Rail's format for the Point Control Tables is not an issue although I have posted the modified format for one of the answers for 2006. Entries for Swinging Overlaps etc (which are quite rare) can be put under the Remarks column.
Hope this posting helps