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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    That is after the payrise. Effective from 01/07/22
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    £55,525 is the basic salary with some hubs receiving travel allowance for booking on at multiple locations. 1472 annual hours contract which equates to a 30.66 hour week
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    York train driver parking

    I’d ask the company you work for to tell you where to park and claim the cost back through expenses if necessary
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    Different TOCs/FOCs driving experiences

    Obviously it depends on the foc and which depot you are based at but in my situation there are very few weekends but quite a few nights which suits me better than 0230/0300 book ons and working every other weekend
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    Different TOCs/FOCs driving experiences

    I worked as a driver for a foc, went to a toc and have recently gone back. Driving freight is much better in my opinion, less weekend work and less very early starts. Pension not as good as at a toc but lifestyle is much better
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    The majority of the redundant drivers will be junior hands, with only 2-10 years service. Many are also former passenger drivers with low seniority at Dbc.
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    Ok, when are they due to start training?
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    So they'll take 78 trainees while 117 qualified drivers are out of work, makes sense
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    I don't wish to be a party pooper but 117 db cargo drivers are about to be made redundant across West and South Yorkshire.
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    Police route to train driver

    Colas drivers work them, formerly db schenker infrastructure monitoring
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    360 excavator jobs on rail

    I would try Quattro plant mate, I don't think they have a time limit on when training costs need to be repayed. Not sure whether they've changed since becoming txm but when they were hydrex they were a pretty bad company to work for. Also I beleive txms training yard is in portishead and...

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