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| London Overground train driver wages? 14/06/2018 at 11:53 #109651 | |
boreak
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Hey! I'm intrigued - does anyone here know anyone working for TfL/London Overground that can explain the pay structure to me? I'm currently a trainee driver building up my hours and I'm currently being paid about £21,000p/a after tax & NI according to this salary calculator. This is liveable for the area of London I'm currently renting in but I'm definitely starting to struggle a little. What will a fully trained w/ some experience driver be paid? As long as it ramps up a bit I'll be fine, I just need to know how aggressively I will need to budget. Figure for freight drivers around the UK would be super useful as well, I am only training ;) Cheers! Log in to reply |
| London Overground train driver wages? 14/06/2018 at 12:59 #109652 | |
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A mate of mine who works for Freightliner Intermoddal as a driver based at Crewe is on around £52k per annum. When I worked for EWS at Bescot the drivers there were on around £45k per annum, but I left the industry at the end of 2005. From what I undwerstand the lower end of the drivers rates of pay were Northern drivers around $46k per annum & the highest were Virgin WCML drivers who were on $75k per annum(4 day week). I was told this by drivers I worked with & know last year so the figures could well have changed. My railway career was predominantly on the freight side & when I was at Bescot as Trainsmaster the drivers there were on $44k per annum, but that was in 2005. It's no doubt now around the $52k - $55k per annum on the freight side. Certainly your salalry could well double once you've passed out & actually in the grade as driver.
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| London Overground train driver wages? 14/06/2018 at 17:51 #109657 | |
Peter Bennet
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This may help. https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/London-Overground-Rail-Operations-Train-Driver-Salaries-E763918_D_KO34,46.htm Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| London Overground train driver wages? 14/06/2018 at 19:44 #109660 | |
Splodge
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boreak in post 109651 said:Hey! I'm intrigued - does anyone here know anyone working for TfL/London Overground that can explain the pay structure to me? I'm currently a trainee driver building up my hours and I'm currently being paid about £21,000p/a after tax & NI according to this salary calculator. This is liveable for the area of London I'm currently renting in but I'm definitely starting to struggle a little. What will a fully trained w/ some experience driver be paid? As long as it ramps up a bit I'll be fine, I just need to know how aggressively I will need to budget.Won't your contract tell you? Mine gives payscales for initial, training employment and then what I can expect the increase to be annually subject to any percentage increase through pay deals. Northern drivers are on roughly £21,000 for the first 12 months (or until qualified) before tax, then three years incremented pay starting at £38k to approx £45k at the moment, though even that varies by region - those figures are for West drivers; those on the East side have a slightly lower top end salary but go to top rate immediately upon passing out. Cross Country and Virgin are reportedly the highest paid TOC's at around £60,000. For most passenger TOC's, to the best of my knowledge the rate of pay is just that - no enhancements for nights or early starts (overtime and rest day work excepted). Freight TOCs vary wildly; some still have a lower headline salary but with shift enhancements and a high rate for rest day work so take home can be much higher. There's the right way, the wrong way and the railway. Log in to reply |