What a way to run a railway [Mail]
Date: 30/07/2018
Nine in ten firms have train drivers on four-day week (average salary £53k) and half rely on them to volunteer for Sundays Train drivers with 18 of the largest 20 UK operators are working four-day weeks Rail companies offer up to £340 a day overtime when network needs more staff Unions claim staff shortages are to blame for chronic delays and cancellations
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Train companies relying on drivers doing overtime to keep afloat
The Daily Mail has found that drivers with 18 of the 20 largest UK operators are on four-day weeks of no more than 36 hours. Half of them are not even obliged to work on Sundays.
