Train driver: How much you can earn as driver shortages lead to drop in minimum age to 18

Train driver: How much you can earn as driver shortages lead to drop in minimum age to 18

If you’re considering becoming a train driver - here’s how much you could earn and how to land a job.

UK set to allow teenagers to drive trains in bid to address staff shortage

The UK is set to lower its minimum age for becoming a train driver to tackle a staff shortage in the rail sector. Dropping the age threshold for train drivers from 20 to 18 years old is one way of addressing a crisis that will see 30% of the current driver workforce, whose average age is 48, retire within the next four years. Rail transport in the UK is heavily dependent on driver goodwill, as most services cannot run at a full schedule without …

‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now apply Few professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have…

‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem - NewsGroove Uk

Few professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks? Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made t…