£31,000 is fully qualified plus any overtime and Sunday working which is not is the normal working week and no you do not get a EU train driving lisence with the job. You work 8 weeks with 1 rest day and then get 2 weeks off which includes annual leave and then you get 5 floating days, if you need anything else let me know mate.
Hi,it is roughly £31000 per year but with Sunday working,any bank holiday working and Rest day working you can earn over £40000. Every 8 weeks you get 2 weeks off (can probably pick up some overtime as there's always vacant lines) . Obviously you do get days off during the 8 week period so not to break hidden. As the job goes, it's not a vigorous job and usually there's quite a bit of down time once the moves have been completed.
Now that most of the other class of trains have gone we mainly drive 720's (which we don't prep,clean or fix,that's all down to Alstom),however there's a possibility that we'll be driving 710's (ARL) soon.We also drive an 08 diesel for shunting purposes, if you are on the shunt shift that week.
Once you get over the size of the depot and what the job entails,it's a great place to work with colleagues always willing to help or answer any questions or concerns you may have.
With regarding progression,(which is not official)depot drivers are still progressing into mainline roles frequently . There was an arrangement that it was 50/50 ie when mainline positions became available that half are filled by street to seats and half by depot drivers ( but that can depend on how many positions are available as they don't want to leave the depot too short of drivers). I hope that this answers some of your questions but feel free to ask if you need anymore info.
Best of luck to all that have applied and hopefully I'll see some of you soon
