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Manchester Metro Link/Crosscountry Trains

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Andrew32

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Hi

Can anyone give me details of what tram drivers are paid for working on the Manchester Metro Link and also details of overytime, training etc etc?

Also any details about train manager pay etc etc for Crosscountry Trains.

Thanks in advance
 
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New contract for trams now. Were on 28200 but new joiners will be on 20k through training then 21k first 6 months then will go onto 23k. Then will go up either every 6 months or when you learn a new line. Training is around 6-8 week. Overtime is time and half but at the minute there isn't much
 

martin2345uk

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Hi

Can anyone give me details of what tram drivers are paid for working on the Manchester Metro Link and also details of overytime, training etc etc?

Also any details about train manager pay etc etc for Crosscountry Trains.

Thanks in advance

Did you apply for the Metrolink vacancies that close today?
 

Andrew32

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Thanks for the information, I haven't applied yet, just interested to know details that's all.
 

kaine19

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The rota you will go on is proper poo haha. 6 days on 2 days off and on one bit is 5 weekends in a row. On my link which is 12 weeks long 6 of them weeks are lates.
 

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The rota you will go on is proper poo haha. 6 days on 2 days off and on one bit is 5 weekends in a row. On my link which is 12 weeks long 6 of them weeks are lates.



How does that work? Doesn't that mean you end up doing more than 5 days a week on average..?
 

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Basically your days off change each week I.e monday Tuesday. Tuesday Wednesday so your doing 6 days in a row
 

martin2345uk

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Ah I see thanks :)

May I ask what you think of the job? The day to day, how the public are, how the company is etc..?
 

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The job is pretty good. I like the driver role. The public can be very demanding if it goes wrong and it does often. The company am not sure can run it properly. The kids are a nightmare at night. They can get on and off as they please and cause chaos. They don't even listen to the police
 

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I believe you get unsocial able hour payment on Metrolink of an extra £1 per hour- what time does this apply for?
 

martin2345uk

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The job is pretty good. I like the driver role. The public can be very demanding if it goes wrong and it does often. The company am not sure can run it properly. The kids are a nightmare at night. They can get on and off as they please and cause chaos. They don't even listen to the police



Yeah I've seen on the local news the kind of little scrotes you have to deal with :( but I suppose you are told not to put yourself at risk in such situations?
 
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