Train Driver 






Restrictions and Requirements

You'll need to:


https://www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/careers-search/

https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/careers/our-roles/train-driver

Train driver role - how to become

Engine driver, London Underground driver, Eurostar driver, tube driver. 

Train drivers operate trains on the rail network, carrying passengers and freight around the country.

You can get into this job through:


You can start as a rail passenger assistant or train conductor, then apply for a trainee driver post. This is also a common way to become a London Underground driver.

Once you're qualified, you could work on passenger, freight or engineering trains.


With experience, you could combine your job with instructing trainee drivers, who are learning new routes and cab controls. You could also become a driver trainer, teaching new starters in the classroom, working with driver simulators and accompanying trainees on journeys.


You could move into management, supervising drivers and making sure trains and crew are where they need to be on the rail network. Operations management is another possibility, planning future rail developments.

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