Minimum age for train drivers to be lowered to 18 in Great Britain
Move prompted by looming retirement crisis ‘would help ensure consistent, reliable services’If train drivers – like police officers – start looking younger, it may not just be you. Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers.Currently train drivers can obtain a licence from the age of 20 – although the vast majority of drivers are much older. Continue reading...
Move prompted by looming retirement crisis ‘would help ensure consistent, reliable services’
If train drivers – like police officers – start looking younger, it may not just be you. Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers.
Currently train drivers can obtain a licence from the age of 20 – although the vast majority of drivers are much older. Continue reading...
