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    Qualified Driver Northern Sheffield

    https://northern.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/2880/0/425475/23565/qualified-train-driver/Referral
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    We work to a 13 week link, week 1 being annual leave week followed by a week of rest days, therefore 8 full weeks off per contract year. Difficult to compare as we are on annualised hours but I can assure you DB cargo is a 30.66 hour week. Have a look on the aslef company information page...
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    13 floating days plus 4 weeks rostered
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    30.66 hours per week when you factor in the 8 additional ad hoc annual leave days
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    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    I think this is most likely a North East driver who is including his travel time in the equation. Under the hub system a driver is required to book on at multiple locations within a specified geographical area. The North East area is larger than most and it may be the case that said driver lives...
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    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    That will have been DB groundstaff. They do 12 hour days/nights. Max driving turn is 11h30. Our longest booked job is an 11 hour shed turn
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    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    75 out of 760 odd is about 10% by my maths, all of whom are leaving voluntarily with a nice fat payoff. DB and Freightliner drivers prefer to work for companies who put safety over profit
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    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    At DB turns booking on between 2300 and 0400 are maximum 9h30
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    DB cargo route west mids

    Rotherham via Derby, Toton and Leicester, Newport, Didcot, Warrington, Corby, and possibly Eastleigh. Probably quite a few more aswell
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    FOC to TOC

    Government incentives to recruit trainees
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    FOC to TOC

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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    Db may be at the lower end but it’s for a 30.66 hour week rather than a 35 hour week. If you work it out pro rata it’s very similar.
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    Lockdown effects now killing/harming more people than Covid

    An interesting watch; https://www.bitchute.com/video/OfQHCaSZ1b1F/
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    How different do freight shifts look to passenger service?

    It’s actually 1472 hours per contract year as of July 22 which equates to 30.66 hours per week. Another bonus is minimum 14 hours rest between shifts. At my hub it’s very similar regarding weekend working, much better than at the toc I previously worked for where you worked roughly every other...
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    Swietelsky Construction Co Ltd: Recruiting trainee drivers, anyone know anything about them?

    That’s correct, there are lots of ex tamper drivers at DB Cargo
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    DB Cargo pension options

    Personally I’d opt for option 1. As said above you can always switch to one of the other options if it becomes unaffordable but I suspect the proposed contributions of 28.3% will be reduced to somewhere more acceptable as it is still to be agreed by the trustees, and you have to wonder why it...
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    Qualified driver Tpe

    https://uk.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/qualified-train-driver---talent-pool-012446/12476/description/

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