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That is after the payrise. Effective from 01/07/22

£55,525 is the basic salary with some hubs receiving travel allowance for booking on at multiple locations. 1472 annual hours contract which equates to a 30.66 hour week

I’d ask the company you work for to tell you where to park and claim the cost back through expenses if necessary

Obviously it depends on the foc and which depot you are based at but in my situation there are very few weekends but quite a few nights which suits me better than 0230/0300 book ons and working every other weekend

I worked as a driver for a foc, went to a toc and have recently gone back. Driving freight is much better in my opinion, less weekend work and less very early starts. Pension not as good as at a toc but lifestyle is much better

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The majority of the redundant drivers will be junior hands, with only 2-10 years service. Many are also former passenger drivers with low seniority at Dbc.

Thanks for the info

Ok, when are they due to start training?

So they'll take 78 trainees while 117 qualified drivers are out of work, makes sense

Is that a fact?

I don't wish to be a party pooper but 117 db cargo drivers are about to be made redundant across West and South Yorkshire.

Colas drivers work them, formerly db schenker infrastructure monitoring

I would try Quattro plant mate, I don't think they have a time limit on when training costs need to be repayed. Not sure whether they've changed since becoming txm but when they were hydrex they were a pretty bad company to work for. Also I beleive txms training yard is in portishead and...

That sounds about right, or you'd end up as one.

Some drivers at my depot have worked 40 odd rest days already and we're just over half way through the year. I don't see the point personally when nearly half of it goes in tax and ni but each to their own.

Yes you're right mate , a lot of the work is using grab type attachments. Sometimes you get to a job and there are 5-6 attachments and you have to be able to pipe them up yourself so take a tub of wipes cause hydraulic oil gets everywhere. You do get some interesting jobs especially maintenance...

No problem, be aware though 90% of the work is at weekends (mostly Saturday night) and nearly all drivers are on zero hours contracts, working in other jobs mon-Fri. Pay is £20-25 per hour.

The best thing to do is contact one of the rail plant companies such as Txm, Quattro and Readypower. Most of them have their own in house training centres.