I drive this at work

[cocaine]

50k :| are you being serious?

[Adam!]

50k :| are you being serious?

Seems a bit high for a train driver? :s

Most pilots are on that a year for at least 10 years!!!

[kurtis5561]

50k :| are you being serious?

Seems a bit high for a train driver? :s

Most pilots are on that a year for at least 10 years!!!

A head teacher where I llive is on £57K and a tesco store manager is on about £44k

Although I don't get get that amount last year I walked away with about £41k

If you get in with a good TOC the perks are amazing!!

[You]

The fact you posted Virgin Voyagers & Pendolino proves to me that you're not a driver. They will not hire you as you're under the legal age.
You certainly don't earn 50k as that is way more than ANY TOC pay any of their staff, even for Virgin.
Actually, you don't need a degree to become a train driver either.

The start of pay for Drivers who are learning is just over 14k, it is definatley no more than 17k.

[le harry]

The fact you posted Virgin Voyagers & Pendolino proves to me that you're not a driver. They will not hire you as you're under the legal age.
You certainly don't earn 50k as that is way more than ANY TOC pay any of their staff, even for Virgin.
Actually, you don't need a degree to become a train driver either.

The start of pay for Drivers who are learning is just over 14k, it is definatley no more than 17k.

don't piss on his parade

[You]

He can post his information if he wants, he may have Virgin info but i can guarantee he aint a driver, perhaps a train manager (as the legal age is 18) or works in the on board shop (legal age of 18 again).

[GommeInc]

I think someones telling huge lies... I've been doing some research and the Trainee Salary is usually £17,347 pa. The maximum is about £34,000 pa. It's not a high paying job, there's less of a risk than driving a bus and they get roughly the same pay as a Trainee Train Driver.

[You]

I think someones telling huge lies... I've been doing some research and the Trainee Salary is usually £17,347 pa. The maximum is about £34,000 pa. It's not a high paying job, there's less of a risk than driving a bus and they get roughly the same pay as a Trainee Train Driver.

Some TOC can exceed 34k, it can reach 40 to 45 but he claims 50k for a LEARNER. Which is clearly **. The fact is, you have to go through a training program that lasts up to 12months, maybe more, even after you do your training, you're still not allowed to drive a passenger train without someone else being with you for a few more months. So if he is driving them now, it would mean he started training at about 19, which is ********.

That person is having a laugh I think.

Minimum age for ANY train drivers on network rail lines is 21
(the only exception is london underground which is 18 )

50K is highly fabricated, £15K-16K is about right as you rightly say but it does differ from TOC/FOC, but no firm pays trainee drivers £50K.

No degree required to be a train driver although some firms (like southern I think) make you take a customer service course after you've commenced employment, the TOC/FOC's do require you to have a good standard of english and maths.

The job of a train driver (in some instances) isn't really one where you need a certain amount of railway experience before hand, as many firms recruit drivers externally off the street for joe public and TRAIN them to drive trains.

6 months of training is also made up too, again dependant on the TOC is can be 10-12 months and with some firms like SWT it can be 18 months.

Hope that helps

James

[PaintYourTarget]

And he says he has 2 Degrees, each of which would have taken 3 years and cost a shedload. Add that to the 12 months training and to the minimum age of 18, and that'd make him 25... hmm.

I have 2 degrees, which my TOC required

[You]

And he says he has 2 Degrees, each of which would have taken 3 years and cost a shedload. Add that to the 12 months training and to the minimum age of 18, and that'd make him 25... hmm.

Very good point!!

He claims to drive a Voyager & a Pendolino, which are two completely different types of trains. One being an EMU and one being a DEMU, both would require seperate training.