choochoochoo
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Are shorts part of the LU driver uniform? I know they're not allowed on any national rail services operations. Just curious if LU are more lenient.
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LU Uniform - Shorts
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Yes they are. T/Ops that wear them must however carry some paper trousers (or normal uniform trousers for that matter) with them in the event they have to go onto the track.
choochoochoo
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Thanks. I'd love to wear shorts even if it meant carrying paper trousers.
Think paper trousers would be useful in those situations where you might need a change of clothes as you slide towards a red.
Think paper trousers would be useful in those situations where you might need a change of clothes as you slide towards a red.
DeparturesBeck
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Shorts can be worn by London Overground drivers, and possibly MTR drivers too as they also wear the TfL uniform. No requirement to carry trousers.
swt_passenger
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SWT/SWR have also allowed drivers to wear shorts for years. I guess your national rail ‘not allowed’ might not be national after all...
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Unfortunately MTR drivers are not allowed to wear shorts.
philthetube
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The paper trousers are to provide protection from the third, (and fourth ) rail, not sure how that works though?
Reminds me of this article from 2013 where train drivers in Sweeden wore skirts as they wern't allowed to wear shorts.
I'll be surprised if there isn't some sort of ruling on this in the future (IE, shorts allowed or women can't wear skirts).
I'll be surprised if there isn't some sort of ruling on this in the future (IE, shorts allowed or women can't wear skirts).
gordonthemoron
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are they allowed to wear kilts?
No longer a requirement to carry paper trousers.
Dstock7080
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On LU this is still a requirement.
Tell that to my managers then
holborncentral
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I don't know, but that would be a funny sight
I don't think a tartan kilt would look nice with an LU uniform 
Mutant Lemming
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I don't know, but that would be a funny sight
It would need to be an approved tartan with the LU roundel incorporated in it's design
holborncentral
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Wonder what that would look like?
mirodo
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No roundel, but...
“Underground designers: a London company is making a tube map tartan”
https://www.timeout.com/london/blog...on-company-is-making-a-tube-map-tartan-081916
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I understood that paper trousers were to prevent sweaty hairl legs from the electricity, wet hair being a much better conductor than paper
700007
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Was just about to say the same thing, I don't believe that MTR Crossrail drivers are allowed to wear shorts. All of them wear full length trousers.
Mutant Lemming
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Neither Overground or MTR wear the TfL uniform - they have their own version of it but it is not issued by TfL.
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Mutant Lemming
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yes their own version but not issued by TfL
theageofthetra
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I seem to remember when there was a closure of the Thames tunnel a few years ago there was a walk through it you could book and there was a rule that shorts couldn't be worn due to the weils disease risk.
There's summer trousers on the uniform ordering website, gotta get one size bigger though.
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