We Followed A London Tube Driver For A Day - Here's What It's Like | Insider Business

Business Insider joined a Bakerloo line driver on her daily routine driving a train on the London Underground. Jackie Moriarty has been a driver for 19 years. She told us the things she likes, dislikes, and has experienced while working for Transport for London. Being a Tube driver can be quite demanding, requiring long periods of concentration and many hours in isolation. However, perks do come with the job such as being able to travel free on TFL services.
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[@AidanCooper]

Moriarty drives though baker street station everyday, this cant be coincidence?

[@alexbeardsworth3783]

Aidan Cooper *sherlock intensifies*

[@lyklush186]

Bruh she is about to blow up Watson

[@henrynguyen2587]

the game is afoot

[@nikok9357]

Lol

[@bahnwarterhs8433]

haha tru

[@TheRandomRailfan]

To everybody complaining about her making 50K: Do you guys realize how precise you have to be when stopping, as well as having to memorize the timetable plus seeing jumpers and suicides?

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

In my city metro drivers make between 30k and 40k EUROS, so 50k sterling pounds almost doubles that!

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@chris jones there are many jobs that only require your attention at certain moments and not the whole time. For example commercial pilots fly on autopilot most of the time. However those jobs presently can't (or shouldn't) be automated precisely because of those moments in which you do need a person to do or complete the work. But yeah in the near future more and more jobs will get automated, to the extent that people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have said that a universal basic income (ubi) will be necessary because many people will be unemployed.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@chris jones trains must not be automated, at least not yet

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@chris jones so in these economically and socially hard times, you want to destroy more jobs instead of creating them?

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@chris jones you wouldn't say the same thing if it were your job that were at stake. Who are you to claim that other people should lose their job while you keep yours? You talk about illiteracy but you are repeatedly ignoring that just because a job doesn't require your attention all the time doesn't mean that in some moments it does.

[@Timmyfromphilly1994]

0:09 the dude get his bag stuck in the door😂😂😂

[@jomarcenter]

Hugh Jazz that dude will be on the internet in a few months.

[@brilliantblueboy4626]

Oh yeah

[@brilliantblueboy4626]

Lol

[@acharich]

💀💀💀

[@acnhsasha3085]

What happened after that guy after he got his bag stuck on the door? Did the door open again or it did it stayed closed and the train moved?

[@johnrowland3105]

These guys (and the bus drivers) are the heartbeat of London. Imagine being responsible for how many thousands every shift ? Kudos to all of them !

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

Why are the Train Drivers worth twice as much?

[@steveodonoghue2772]

A three minute video? This needs to be at least an hour long.

[@AFoxGuy]

Go to the KZbin channel Spark, they have a series called "The Tube"

[@billsmith281]

Just watch it 20 times........your welcome

[@SmegulonPrime]

Bellend

[@paulanderson7796]

@@billsmith281 *you're :)

[@billsmith281]

@@paulanderson7796 us rednecks ain't to good at spilling fancy words

[@ahmadillo4959]

Over 50 grand a year? That’s actually very impressive

[@skiddmarks]

50 grand a year aint a great deal with the price of living in London

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

That’s nothing trains drivers in Switzerland make 84k even more

[@africangodman6145]

@@skiddmarks Well compared to other jobs in London like working in schools, hospitals (all levels of Nursing grades) high street retail shops, Fire fighters, Paramedic they even take more than a Metropolitan Police Officer and think of the dangers the Police are faced with, they should be paid alot more. I think it's a good wage but of course London Overground drivers are on 54K+ then you have Crossrail drivers who are on 59K+. I think the highest in the U.K is Eurostar train driver's but I'm getting varied amounts between 65,000 to 71,000 according to different websites, I'm not sure what is accurate.

[@africangodman6145]

@@skiddmarks Correction: London Underground Train Drivers are on very good salary.

[@squidworth3426]

Ras Isayah L.U train operators are on 58k and overground train drivers are on about 62k, both lines are operated on different signals, overground is on the network signals and LU train operators are on LU signals

[@jimmygreaves1]

Why do people get so annoyed by train drivers salaries? Public service jobs should be paid more I agree but that's no reason to be pissed off by someone else trying to provide for their family. Many people who claim the job is easy wouldn't even be able to get through the job application process. Also the prospect of someone jumping in front of your train at anytime isn't a nice feeling.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

public service jobs should not be paid more than the market value for that job otherwise people would be demanding £100K salaries, 60 sick days off a year and tons of other benefits that hurt the tax payer the most

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

+Cosmic Ascendancy why? that will make rich people leave the country and take their jobs with them which will weaken the economy

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

+Cosmic Ascendancy that's also very socialist and we all know that socialism is bad since the USSR collapsed, China started jailing Human Rights Lawyers and Venezuela started breaking the laws of the Constitution

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

they will install screen doors anyway

[@ducis3446]

Graham Certain public service jobs require expertise in their respective fields and pay quite well. For instance, sometimes when I’m riding the subway, I see flyers advertising civil service exam dates for positions like an escalator maintainer or an engineer that require several years of experience and have wages that start from $45 an hour. It’s not a great idea to shoehorn all public service workers into an “untouchable” category, as there are positions that are relatively skilled.

[@125sloth]

As a pilot, I would have to say their salary is nothing for the public to complain about. Train drivers have a huge responsibility. Not just the Tube but all rail lines as well. It is well known that the two safest modes of travel are air and rail. Sure, serious incidents happen from time to time and they make the news...because they are so few and far between. The most critical period for an aircraft is during take off and landing, the rest is fairly mundane really, in a modern commercial aircraft, although pilots are continually monitoring, they do not just sit back and stare into space. The chance of an aircraft colliding with another is virtually zero during flight. Same goes for trains on rails really, although it can happen. Train drivers on the other hand have to be continually looking and checking. This is ground transport, where anything can go wrong, from people doing "one unders" at stations, (not just at Tube stations either), cars stalled or stuck at level crossings, people on tracks, the list goes on. Signals have to be observed continually, and trains have to be stopped safely at platforms, with passenger safety and comfort in mind. Whilst there may be a lot more theory required to operate an aircraft, once in the air and the aircraft is performing correctly, which is 99.9 per cent of the time, little can go wrong of an emergency nature. people cannot jump under a plane in the air, if the weather causes a rough ride that is not pilots fault, there are no vehicles blocking our route needing emergency reactions, and if another plane was a bit close there would be alarms and automatic inputs to avoid it. Trains cannot be steered, they cannot avoid objects and can take a while to stop. They have no reverse thrust capabilities like an aircraft, or flaps and rudders to steer with. only the rails.And most issues with trains are caused by the public. At airports, passengers are only a very small reason for problems. So do train drivers deserve their 50 thousand plus a year salaries. You bet. And remember, they are paying tax on their salary also. Like pilots, they want to get their passengers home safely and without incident. And to do that, it takes extensive training, (as well as involved exams) to achieve it. As for the strikes, no industry is immune from those. I think flyboy747uk's comment here sums it up fairly well.

[@ElectroRail]

Thank you for making this comment and I completely agree with you. Judging by the fact that I am the only person who replied and liked your comment leads me to believe that these people saw a long comment and were just too lazy to take a minute and a half to read it. Guess it's no surprise.

[@Musta0011]

I definently took the time to read the whole comment

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@@Musta0011 so did I

[@chameleonedm]

@@ElectroRail Yes, I absolutely stopped reading the comment with no formatting. That's why we format paragraphs

[@richardwillson101]

Having spent many years maintaining aircraft and then trains, I have to be inclined to disagree with you. If something goes wrong on a train, it comes to a stop. No falling out the sky, no burning to death as it tries to land, no flying into terrain, no injuries from rapid decompression... the lost goes on. A derailment or crash is most likely to be the fault of a track worker or signaller not a driver. When something goes wrong, fitters get called out to deal with it. Have you seen the average BR cab? A speedo, a brake chest pressure gauge and an air reservoir gauge. About three warning lights and 6 buttons. Nothing complicated about the operation it's self. The complication is route knowledge and railway rules. Signallers and fitters have a far more safety critical and responsible job, yet don't earn anywhere near what a driver does. Have lesser rest period requirements, worse shifts and require far more training. Train drivers get paid so well thanks to militant unions and holding the nation to ransom. Not saying its a bad thing just the true reason.

[@rexp1727]

Introvert heaven

[@flyboy747uk]

Love all the jealous people on here complaining about their £50K salary. Why don’t you then actually apply for the job, and if you pass the selection tests and the training you can then come on here and tell everybody exactly how easy the job is and how you’ve told TfL to only pay you half the salary because your simply not worth £50k per year!!!!

[@Taporeee]

flyboy747 uk Strangely quiet in the responses!

[@ryanhaart]

Because it's a cushy union job and ordinary members of the public have no chance to get it

[@flyboy747uk]

ryanhaart That’s not actually true. Tube drivers for the night time tube are recruited from the public, it’s part time but can lead to a full time position. For a full time position straight away you have to be an employee of TfL and apply via the internal vacancy list.

[@Taporeee]

ryanhaart The driver job for night tube has had 3 recruitment campaigns in the past 3 years. The station assistant role has had around 10 different campaigns over 5 years. It is the common step to becoming a driver.

[@DaveTheTrain]

ryanhaart I'm a mainline driver.. 31, before being a train driver I studied music and did two years working in care... And applied straight to be a train driver, no prev experience or railway jobs... Am I a normal person? Sounds like it. We have loads of new drivers straight off the street. It's nowhere near the elite industry you're alluding to. I don't understand your argument.

[@sidevon6819]

I worked for the Underground for 13 years, the last 2 as a Jubilee Line driver. It was the hardest training corse I have ever done with a 80% drop out rate. But I hated the job, it was the most boring job I have ever done and when the chance came I left. London Underground was a good company to work for though and on top of the money it was only 35 hours a week and 8 weeks holiday a year.

[@johnpettigrew83]

35 hrs a week is part time nowadays

[@jameskavanagh4315]

Paid holiday?

[@SmegulonPrime]

Why would you get unpaid holiday

[@johnclements6614]

@@SmegulonPrime Maybe from US or other place with less rights.

[@SmegulonPrime]

@@johnclements6614 not really about rights just contracts

[@groovygab2054]

"But many hours are spent in darkness and isolation" Yep, It's perfect!

[@RazordraacGaming]

Something people aren't considering with pay is the fact that you're also doing shift work, often at night where pay is usually much higher anyway. You have to know your route like the back of your hand, signal/junction locations and braking distances - I've heard many train companies say that they pay drivers for their commitment to the job at any time and knowledge because memorising many miles worth of a route to the metre is not easy for anyone. It's easy to judge when you have no actual idea of how much work is actually involved.

[@nearlyretired7005]

Tube drivers get flat rate for nights..no extra money You make the job sound complex. It's quite easy.I did it for 30 years.

[@richardwillson101]

I love it when people try to justify the pay for a job like this, it's always "Safety" or "Route knowledge". Yet many other safety critical, high knowledge requirement jobs on the railway pay 1/2 and have worse shift patterns/rest requirements. A driver carries responsibility for their own passengers, but a fitter or signaller has that on a much larger scale. They carry the responsibility for every passenger on the network, with their actions having consequences well beyond the present. But it's OK, a driver "MIGHT" have to evacuate their train one day 🤣 Or has to remember the one route that they sign. It's time we went to in cab signalling, ATP and as much automation as possible. It's the safest way and the sensible progression of our railways.

[@nearlyretired7005]

@@richardwillson101 I am inclined to agree with you. A driver has a safety critical roll on ONE train. A line controller/service controller in peak has to think about over one hundred trains on the Nothern Line,where I worked for thirty years. It's a job I wouldn't do! If there is a one under,then the controller has to multitask very quickly. Working on National Railways,is a lot harder, due to its sheer size!

[@richardwillson101]

@nearlyretired7005 absolutely, a controllers job on the railway is about as dynamic as any job gets. From routine to extremely stressful in an instant. - Having to make all the decisions remotely with information being drip fed to them on scene. Not something I envy.

[@SmegulonPrime]

Amazed we can't just automate them like other countries, machines can't strike

[@GodotOfficial]

You forgot the part where they undertake their daily strikes

[@dtvfan24]

and the problems when people under train or trespassing.

[@MysteryBanana]

Its not the drivers that strike, its the tube staff. As far as I am aware they are part of a different union.

[@adrianpeterspeters6149]

Godot i wonder why they strike, other staff earn less than this, yeah wonder why, oh well this is england , land of tne non revolution, and ignorance....

[@Ethan-ik1nm]

Adrianpeters Peters very often, their strike is not about pay but about treatment in the workplace, as was the recent DLR strike. Not saying I think they should strike though. They should be the bigger person and stop thousands of workers from having to be stuck in really severe traffic for hours

[@adrianpeterspeters6149]

Ethan thanks, so the treatment of the people that make this system work,should be treated as people not just workers, I used to live in u.k. and there is no respect at all as to what you do and are, Now in europe where there is respect... you have to understand that england is an elitest country with 1000 yrs. Of engrained class system. Note, please ,have a happy workforce, you have a happy society, et all, and please pay people an amount that at least is enough to have a decent place to live in....

[@dukemydogy]

1: Everyone complaining 50k is to much, but would you take that salary and do this job? If not.. then clearly its not to much. 2: Just because you see 3 minutes of her Job you make an entire assumption about what she does her enitre working day? 3: Personally I would avoid this job purely because Id be scared of jumpers/suicide.

[@jamesdunn1507]

dukemydogy Exactly, a professional highly trained person in a professional safety critical role is always going to make it look easy, be more worried if they made it look difficult! I'm sure a pilot looks pretty relaxed in the cockpit of an aircraft even with all the knowledge and responsibility they carry, just the same as a Train Driver. Only difference being that for some reason pilots aren't vilified in the media for gullable, uninformed people to read and ingest. Most jobs which carry this level of responsibility and hidden knowledge, skills and challenges appear easy to the bitter, untrained eye. I would argue that if you genuinely think someone in this job is overpaid for a simple, unskilled task then you'd have to be an utter moron to not have applied...

[@aoifeg1466]

SportsFreak that’s a a great attitude you have 😳🤨

[@dsko2116]

SportsFreak disgusting thing to say they need help and support and anyone who doesn't fear unintentionally ending another persons life has something wrong with them

[@aoifeg1466]

DSK O2 I think sportsfreak needs help and support ...

[@bertiespencer]

DSK O2 we are qpr

[@fion3943]

I appreciate you and all other workers working behind the scenes to make our day smooth and convenient.

[@SmegulonPrime]

Oh but they only earn a measly £50k the poor darlings

[@paulanderson7796]

@@SmegulonPrime £50k doesn't go far in 2023.

[@Carltonwanks]

What exactly do u appreciate? I use The train 8 times a week and there's always cancelations, delays, And Im almost always standing, total crap service

[@SmegulonPrime]

@@paulanderson7796 Yes it does, you could easily live on that

[@dez3540]

@@Carltonwanks Yes, because all the drivers and staff workers are totally at fault for broken-down trains, signal failures, people jumping in front of trains...

[@adelgado75]

I wanted to be a train operator for NYC but my lousy hearing kept me out. It was always a dream of mine to do this job. It just goes to show that when you put something out into the universe and envision yourself doing it, it doesn't always come to you. However, never stop hoping but always be prepared for not getting everything you want.

[@micahgotracksplays2875]

It’s never too late

[@bsbx]

what trains did you operate back then? the subway or rail? (im sorry im just curious lol)

[@JoseRuiz-pc2hq]

@@bsbx i never got the chance.

[@bsbx]

@@JoseRuiz-pc2hq i'm talking to OP lol

[@JoseRuiz-pc2hq]

@@bsbx Sorry

[@sewerspitz]

My Dad works as a Driver on the Northern Line, and one thing he enjoys is that because of the concentration you put in can help with normal life as well, which he spends with us. Very fascinating.

[@victorialine222]

My dad has a friend who drives the Northern Line and I had a cab ride

[@isaacevans1189]

can you tell him to stop striking.

[@trains774]

I'm a train driver for the 377 and 313 and Sometimes 387 From Brighton to London Victoria and Brighton to Seaford and Eastbourne

[@OffTheRailsUK]

It's mostly easy since it's an ATO line, so all you need to do is just look ahead of you

[@b3nnilein481]

I am completely stunned over the accuracy of the Train Simulator right now ... I haven't played in a year but still recognized nearly every location immediately

[@OffTheRailsUK]

Bruh, why would you use a train simulator for it.. Just get cab rides by asking any driver at E&C and they'll let you. Also I get to drive them since I know one

[@b3nnilein481]

@@OffTheRailsUK I live in Germany ...

[@blackjackpoint434]

I always wanted to know how it looked like to be a tube driver

[@thomasfluskey5922]

BlackJack201 Become a Customer Service Assistant and let TFL take you onwards.

[@SuperibyP]

I think there is a museum dedicated to the tube in Covent Garden! I went there some years ago and it included a simulator too.

[@MrSoBitchy]

museum dedicated to the tube? oh I'm sad I missed it when I went to london

[@QuarioQuario54321]

This is one line. Piccadilly, W&C and the Subsurface lines are different handles. Victoria, Central, Northern, and Jubilee are button pressing.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Also the trains vary greatly from one city to another, and sometimes even from one line to another in the very same city. It's not like airplanes for example that a Boeing 737 is roughly the same in Europe, in Asia or in America. Each train model is unique as they are custom made. Also signals, procedures, rules etc. are different in each place, unlike in aviation for example.

[@borderlord]

Darkness and Isolation..sounds like Heaven!

[@lisaepton8505]

I hate the dark but i feel the same like i dont even live in london but i am a London underground enthusiast so 😑😑😑

[@tallslimguy]

Lovely lady and a pleasant insight into the work that she does.

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

Also remember that the price for living in London is insane

[@NikolasBeige]

So is the price for public transport...

[@tescotrain]

@@NikolasBeige how? £167 for a journey with 4 people from London to York? Not that bad.

[@The.panthera.]

Not if you live with someone and spend wisely it's no big deal

[@scoutbite4334]

It’s really the same as any big city

[@shmaahi]

Thank you so much Jackie. My son thoroughly enjoyed watching this

[@vonvildenschwert3045]

The isolation from other people would be a big advantage for me in this case as I’m quite I introverted and I really don’t like works where you always have to deal with people :-D. I love the London Underground... to ride it, it’s history. It’s complexity.. All about it.

[@OffTheRailsUK]

It's too easy to drive tbh

[@declangould118]

In Australia (well at least on Melbourne’s train network) train drivers get around 125,000 AUD (roughly 70,000 GBP)

[@neb7026]

My uncle is a tube driver but I have never seen how it is before from a drivers perspective. Interesting video

[@tobysummers471]

Fascinating really. A system with such history I guess. Inspired me so much as a kid I wish to eventually do this one day as a dream job. I do like the Bakerloo as well those trains have a lot of character but they need replacing. They were built in the early 70s for the jubilee line I believe. I’ve spoken to many who work for this system and it’s a lot more than just driving. Lots of safety involved. As for automation this system got it first on the Victoria line in the late 60s. I think still someone should be in the cab to be fair to open and close doors.

[@thomasburke2683]

You should have seen the 1938 stock which operated the bakerloo in the late 1970s, with frequent failures, usually defective doors. The 1972 stock have given superb service over nearly half a century.

[@Carltonwanks]

Nothing fascinating about it, London is grim, I've been using trains since the 80s , they are slow, cold, and expensive

[@javianjohnson8746]

When I visit London, I definitely need to travel on the Tube!

[@lirrprodigy2810]

At the beginning LOL ! The man gets his bag stuck in the door and one man misses the train

[@ketoking9435]

I used to go on this line as a kid back early as 1970,,,that's when they were Maroon and as kids we just loved The Metropolitan trains,,,,, kool vid,

[@noneofurbizness5155]

To people who are shocked about how much they get paid. Have you ever thought how much money a single train earns in the peak? It is a serious money maker. Just because railway unions have had a long history of protecting and arguing for a fair wage and your industry hasn't, doesn't mean they should they align themselves with everybody else scrimping to get a long. They are a model for people coming together and arguing for what is just and fair.

[@tanliste]

That's why London has some of the highest fares in the world. Its not the corporation losing out, its the individual who has to put up with the fare increases because they are held to ransom and have no choice but to pay

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

In my city, metro drivers don't make so much money, so it's not only about the work being tough.

[@sublivion5024]

@@tanliste absolutely nonsense, paying staff only accounts for a small portion of TfL revenue. Tube fares mostly subsidise buses in London, train drivers take a tiny slice of revenue.

[@sublivion5024]

@@tanliste if the government funded public services properly, they wouldn't be so high

[@sadas3190]

okay but then why are people complaining about the salary of bankers, lawyers etc? Do you know how much money they make for their company in a day? You can either complain that everyone in London is overpaid, or none of them are. Pick and choosing is being a hypocrite.

[@ashkandi1337]

Video: most of the hours are spent in darkness and isolation Me: you guys are getting paid?

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tescotrain]

You did not watch it at all.

[@coconutcoconut206]

I went to London for the first time in 5 years last week and underestimated the power of the tube setting off and fell into this poor man 😂

[@londonspade5896]

Never underestimate the POWER OF THE TUBE

[@nuyorican1985]

Yes, I've always wanted to work for either the NYC Mta or the Boston Mbta...

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Miss the Tube. Seeing the posters and all while down scares me but excites me at the same time.

[@subscroob1476]

a tube driver is one of my dream jobs because the first time i went on the tube it was the most fun things i have ever been on

[@CoastwayWill]

We never talk about pay. You drive because you have passion. That’s railways for you!

[@TrainsOfDorset]

This comment aged like milk.

[@sanjeevpereira6765]

Thank you veeerry much for bringing this vedio of the train driver as at times they are taken for granted. Very appreciated about this vedio. Plzzz bring more vedios on the other train drivers and bus and black taxi london cab drivers. Brgds sanjeev mumbai india

[@beachbum4691]

Great :) helpful; insightful video. Thank you for posting, Insightful for me, educational for other would be drivers My thanks to all parties for posting :)

[@asliyase]

It sounds like 85 percent of the time i would be decent at it but when something extra happens that requires additional/immediate attention i would be rubbish -and thus would never be hired. Also i imagine they can't listen to music because they need to be able to hear everything so that might get pretty boring after a while as well.

[@cray32]

Free travel and 50k to drive? What the hell lol 😂

[@randolphclarke4674]

cray32 their always on strike begging for pay rises as well

[@TheDarkKnightReborn]

cray32 your littrealy underground on your own for the whole day it's pretty depressing

[@cray32]

not conservative or liberal I can do you one better...I will go work in a mine shaft the whole day for 50k no problem 😊. All these guys are doing is just playing with remote controls all day like a video game 😂

[@cray32]

Juicy Hamburger someone needs to automate this quick because they are acting like spoilt brats now in the process inconveniencing everyone else

[@Ethan-ik1nm]

not conservative or liberal 60% is above ground. And as an introvert, I'd love being by myself for extended amounts of time

[@SuperLittleTyke]

The pitch-black tunnels would get to me. Okay if you're only driving above ground, but I believe all Tube lines descend into tunnels at some point. I was a computer programmer and you need concentration for that job, but it's a different kind of concentration.

[@OffTheRailsUK]

You have things called headlights mate

[@stephencurran856]

Best under ground travel system on the planet! ❤great atmosphere 🎉

[@stanpatterson5033]

For those who think it's a drop-and-drive job, no.... you'll have to learn the rules, pass proficiency tests, medical, pre-employment drug screening and random drug and alcohol testing, periodic supervision, and receive constant criticism from the freight you carry. After you consider all of the above and more, you'll start thinking that 50 thou a year ain't really all that much for the responsibility that goes with the job. But hey, don't just take my word for it, go apply. You might actually enjoy it.

[@Gencturk92]

but your mostly sitting down on controls, not like running around all the time.

[@Wakajce]

Gencturk92 What happens most of the time is not the issue, and quite frankly irrelevant. Mostly everything is running fine. But not all the time. And the time when it goes wrong is why you're getting paid that much. If you have a technical fault, you're delaying everyone else, you need to sort it out as quickly as possible while still being sure it will be safe. It's a very, very big responsibility.

[@Gencturk92]

same thing with buses and planes and coaches and ferrys

[@Wakajce]

I'd disagree. I can't speak for ferrys, but driving a bus is the same as a car, the only additional challenge being a few safety precautions, having to know your vehicle, deal with customers (although train drivers have this too, just to a lesser degree) and obviously the increased skill requirement to drive a larger and heavier vehicle than others.

[@danielgould9107]

Wakajce right so it’s absolutely nothing like driving a car then? Thanks for clearing that up.

[@LololRede]

This is sad because in London not even $300,000 can't get ya nice home

[@PlayStationGamer]

Lolol44332211 Rede Mate not even £500,000 can get you a nice home in London, it’s ridiculous.

[@Nathan-cv6sm]

Thats just real life bud, you will realise once you’re an adult.

[@surfie007]

You’d have to live pretty rural to get a nice home for that little

[@yoshiuki__9589]

You need around 1 million in London To ge a Meh house

[@krypton1142]

Hahahaha, my family bought my house in the 1970s and paid off the mortgage haha, i have 2 houses

[@Zlervo]

I love the Bakerloo line trains. A piece of old London.

[@TrainsOfDorset]

This hear marks the 72 stock’s 50th anniversary and they’re still hauling through the tunnels, and strongly! Truly remarkable.

[@JJ-zg1hh]

Really appreciate this. Thank you.

[@InvestingHustler]

Sounds like a easy job where do I sign up 🤔👌

[@randolphclarke4674]

INVESTING HUSTLER - Stocks and money making videos its hard. You need to be really precise with your braking

[@anosnsnsnsn9414]

Also a job that will disappear in 5 years

[@YouMelon]

mhm gonna turn into a DLR

[@YouMelon]

easier than being a driver in japan tho XD

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

its not that easy tho because if you crash or spad then your highly accountable plus all the stress from trying to break soon enough when someone jumps onto the track & if you don't break enough you get done for manslaughter and get a life of depression making you wonder how you could've/should've braked sooner thus leading towards suicide, does happen but not often

[@MohammedMohammed-lz6cq]

How in the world do they stop so accurate

[@ValentinZino]

Practice I guess, you have to get a feeling for the trains brakes and how much you have to use

[@ElectroRail]

Honestly you just get used to it after practising a lot.

[@Steve-ix2un]

Bit like a car, you get to know with practice

[@Landie_Man]

A beautiful 72 Stock. My favoured underground train

[@lartensgrill6106]

I love the Bakerloo line.

[@mr.haitian2729]

TRAIN SIM WORLD 2

[@gaounjahardick1586]

No u

[@user-me2qq6lx7i]

Yesss

[@roachtoasties]

Probably not as easy as it looks. Even though trains are getting more and more automated, it does demand a lot of concentration. We've all read about train accidents that have cost many lives. Not good.

[@wink1eafc774]

the last serious lost of life caused by a train crash on the tube was in the early 1970s

[@cheese2149]

@@wink1eafc774 uhm no 2005

[@wink1eafc774]

@@cheese2149 what was the crash in 2005?

[@nanba25]

What is the music playing during the video ? remembers me the score of the TV series "Keeping Britain on tracks", by Andy Cowpton

[@dtvfan24]

sounds very nice and i do feel a sense of sadness that TFL are going to introduce more automated control with new trains on central,northern etc. bakerloo use 1980 stock

[@MIO9_sh]

1:51 My eyes saw someone driving the train while looking away and talking

[@AlphaZuluKilo]

It's a train .... Not a car .... The route is fixed ... Just need starting and stopping 🙊

[@Sam14091]

And speed and safety checks and monitoring everything train drivers are not just lazy people who sit down all day and make your late to work

[@Tweetypi16]

You feel forgot to ask them why they keep having strikes if they get paid so well?….

[@alexjames5290]

They are paid well because they don't roll over and take shit from the employers. Hence they are paid well BECAUSE of strikes

[@aliyahamir]

Not nearly enough to survive in London, especially with kids

[@vanessaruiz4705]

@@aliyahamir that's absolute bullshit. I live very well with half of that, i can save £300 every month and travel. Maybe you want to live in zone 1 and buy louis vuiton bags...

[@ea635]

First image there. Queen’s Park. That’s a bloody nightmare. Every time trains stop there, before and after for about 10/15 min. The average journey for people living in zone 2/3 it’s a little more than half an hour. Plus the noise on the Bakerloo line Jesus. I shouldn’t watch this stuff when at home, it’s like PTSD or something. Now I need a whiskey!

[@alexandreiteon6941]

I like tube in Paris. Some lines are fully automatic without drivers, and its much cheaper.

[@rossssd4969]

Great omissive journalism btw. Of all the trains you chose the old '72 stock. Most of the other tube lines use automatic train operation with the circle line ATO coming fast. I saw a Central Line driver with earbuds in while in the cab. Says it all. Glad to at least see Jackie takes pride in her job

[@danielrichardbond]

What a ridiculous comment. Of course they’re going to select the most interesting stock. Why wouldn’t they?

[@OffTheRailsUK]

That's why they put "Driver" lmao

[@OffTheRailsUK]

@@danielrichardbond I agree mate. Fun to drive too

[@rewses789]

0:08 I always worried about this.

[@Latexlaila]

Watch your tail rufus

[@tahmina9314]

happened to me..i ran for the tube but the door closed on my bag! it got stuck then started to move! i moved with it along the platform, it then stopped and opened

[@callumhardy5098]

Actually looks like a nice and fun job!

[@London1064]

Hi again Jackie. Are your Qualifications for an underground Driver recognised on the British mainline rail network as well. Perhaps with type and route training and a conversion course or would you have to start afresh if you wanted to drive mainline trains. Just curious.

[@northessexrailphotography4458]

It's a grey area. Bakerloo line T/Ops learn both the NR and LU rulebooks due to the shared section between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone, so there would be competency in that sense. Generally you'd have to start a fresh anyway as you aren't transferring from a mainstream TOC or FOC to that company, instead something with completely different work patterns, stock etc. :)

[@London1064]

@@northessexrailphotography4458 Thank you

[@meymes3655]

But you gotta remember that £52k a year is around enough money to rent a garden shed in london

[@darkexlxpxe9045]

0:10 LMAO THAT GUY GOT HIS BAG STUCK TO THE DOOR XD

[@test_fujiwara3457]

I can be a bakerloo train driver right now I love TSW2

[@iannickCZ]

Shifts, long weeks, short weeks, emergency, standing whole time. I cannot quite imagine how the live is, btw train driver in Czechia have GPB +/-15 000 year.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

i WANT to be a tube driver. i'm a train spotter!

[@CrazyInWeston]

Same.

[@williammann4485]

Should be fine... I already live in darkness and isolation anyway

[@alexsmith7354]

0:10 the one dude that got his bag stuck 😂

[@alex-rn605]

My mom works at the bakerloo line as a customor servicec from queens parks to harrow and wealdstone

[@broadsmilemissmagootewkesb5799]

This is one of the rarest videos I’ve come across. A tube driver who does a whole day without going on strike!

[@nedseagoon5101]

Boooooorrrrring!

[@lydiadavies7073]

She didn't talk about suicides. 16 years of driving tubes and she must have experienced one

[@jellybrown]

Might be surprised but it’s quite a small chance for a train driver to run over someone

[@petermarshall1953]

I was a driver for 20 years...had three suicides and a few near misses.....probably why i went grey nearly overnight not always a fun job....and ended up with heart problems.....

[@felixwilson835]

You get paid more if you see one anyways

[@nearlyretired7005]

@@felixwilson835 Absolutely crap! You are a sad person who believes the press,sad.

[@gromit3315]

Couldn’t get that lovely tune out of my head. So I downloaded the Shazam app on my phone, held it in front of my i-pad en ta-da... Within in second: “Joyous” by Paul Mottram!

[@meanderingmedic]

Worth every penny.... And yes... As a retiring consultant Cardiologist I could do that job

[@ABC-ABC1234]

As a retiring cardiologist (not sure why the C is capital letter) you should enjoy your retirement and travel and enjoy the "final" chapter of your life.

[@nearlyretired7005]

No you couldn't, your heart wouldn't be in it!

[@thetraincrazykid]

The amount of people saying crap like "it's easy" it "paid too much" 99% of you in the comments wouldn't even make it to the road test let alone passing it 😂

[@jeffreywilliams13]

To all those people that think that £50K and free travel on the Transport is an easy job, remember this most tube lines star at 5.30am weekdays and drivers have to be at the deport long before that time to get the trains out on time. Likewise, the last train at night is typically after midnight. Remember you are down in a small hole underground in London, some of these tunnels are deep, running under other tube lines, in the event of a fire or incident, there is nowhere but forwards or backward to go. Many tunnels have as little as 12” space between the train and the tunnel wall so it is easy to get trapped in a tunnel. I just wonder how many people could cope with that. These tube tunnel are dirt, dusty and some parts very noisy, so your health is obviously going to take a hit with that lethal combination. And finally, if you can cope with all the rest, when someone decides to end it all and jump in front of a tube train, remember the driver is the one with a window seat.

[@rumelahmed4539]

60%+ of the tube network is overground!!!!!!

[@OwenMc1992]

Bahahahaa you're trying to make it sound like the hardest job in the world 😂 The hours are managed by shifts. Most of the tube system is overground so all this talk about small tunnels is pathetic as if millions of people around the world don't take tube systems all over the world. Most of the tube system is also automated. Most people who jump in front of trains do it on overground, national rail services, not London Underground. Why are you acting like this is the hardest jobs in the world when it is one of the easiest? 😂😂😂

[@westy0001]

The job is easy and they are way overpaid. Being a nurse is far more dangerous than a tube driver, and yet they have to queue at food banks in order to feed themselves and their family. Tube workers are just greedy barely human people that try to justify their salary any way they can. There is no longer a need for them, if AI can drive a car it would have no problem operating a simple train.

[@LooselyGrope]

​@@OwenMc1992 Do you work for LU?

[@peskybee22]

She appeared on sky 3's programme the tube when she was training to be a driver!

[@0xbenedikt]

I thought so too. Nice to see her again.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so they extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into six cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those six cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Trains and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbish 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford and could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Six carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.11 and unique small no.10 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these essential Professional ideas Please the Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@joewright6000]

I don't think people realise that after 6 weeks of learning the rule book you are fully responsible for your actions. If you don't follow the rules to the letter and someone gets killed due to your negligence you're going down for manslaughter. It's a huge responsibility and you are responsible for thousands of people's lives on a daily basis. One wrong move and it could be fatal. It's most definitely not stress free and you're constantly under pressure. That's why the money is so good. Say goodbye to any kind of social or family life.

[@PikaPluff]

ahem junior doctors

[@nearlyretired7005]

@@PikaPluff What a but junior doctors!

[@arissimion67]

Tube drivers work very hard each day to get people to the destination the passengers want. They deserve get nice money. 50K Welldone. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@garynewton1263]

I admire this lady for her loyalty and committment to concentration and getting people to work and home. £52k per year? That's about $100,000 AUD per year. I wanted to be a electric suburban train driver in Melbourne when I left Tech school in 1983 but failed Year 10. This job looks interesting. Are the UK govt allowing Aussies in for work?

[@garynewton1263]

@Matthew Young but there are no states in the UK, they are called Counties. And I'm not in the UK. I'm in the best place in the world to live. Melbourne Victoria.

[@LegendaryprogamerPlayz]

I've driven a train before! I've driven the dlr! It's so easy! All you have to do is go to the front of the train. Sit back and relax. And let the train do all the work for you!

[@LegendaryprogamerPlayz]

Ever heard of a joke?

[@thomasburke2683]

The DLR operator has to be able to drive the train manually, if the need arises.

[@ExplodingPiggy]

Drivers have instinct, robots don't

[@petrus666love]

Try as hard as they might , you cannot hide the fact that this is a very highly paid job for not much effort, they were struggling to make it sound like it was difficult and failed miserably 😂

[@Folboi]

I would be a tube driver, but only on the overground (I'm scared of the dark). One exception for the Jubilee line, only because the trains sound cool

[@nightavenger375]

Does the free travel include station managers and stuff

[@thakshakdharshan242]

Moriarty huh?

[@scdevon]

Scots are only dangerous when they're drinking or thinking about drinking which makes them dangerous 98% of the time.

[@FC-hz7du]

Ah...People thinking operating a train has no skill into it. I doubt you'd know what to do if you were presented a train and told to drive it. Tube drivers are responsible for YOUR LIFE. YES. YOUR LIFE on your commute. These people are highly trained individuals that deserve every penny they get in their salary.

[@heystirke300]

ArtfulDodger I still don’t think they deserve more than a junior doctor tho When u stress ur life depends on them Do u think ur life depend on a train driver more than on a doctor? If so why should they get paid more? Moreover our lives depends on an uber driver as much as on a tube driver, yet the former get paid a faction of the salary, hence ur argument is not valid

[@patrickmorrissey3084]

@@heystirke300 Well then your doctors are underpaid not tube drivers overpaid. An Uber driver is a horrible comparison. A tube driver is responsible for hundreds of people. Your argument is invalid.

[@millymurray1]

@@heystirke300 no one cares what u think people deserve...unless u r a train driver u cannot possibly comment...moving the train is only one part of the job...try fixing the train, coupling and uncoupling a train to assist another train, route knowledge (so the train doesn't go thr wrong way), endless procedures that must b remembered and followed at any given moment...sometimes just speak when u know what u r talking about...plus tube drivers are the lowest paid compared to all other train drivers..

[@nusratali2217]

Hi it’s old video but I want to be a train driver( tube) where I can get information. Is there any centre where you can get training etc

[@hydeparkmac]

I can't believe how clean their stations are.

[@sebstefan3934]

hydeparkmac looks like you haven't been paying close attention to see the dog-sized rats lurking around lol

[@hydeparkmac]

I've never been there. I'm just going by the video. Where I live, the stations and the trains are filled with food related trash.

[@vanessaruiz4705]

cant say the same thing about the trains themselves.

[@LucAbroad]

Next time show a District line driver, ah sorry! The line is always suspended/delayed

[@tescotrain]

It is only part suspended. It is just them needing to upgrade the line and the weekends are when they do it.

[@BrianWebb0222]

She’s beautiful!

[@beehive739]

That music is haunting.

[@jackyblue67same10]

I don't know about driving it but I sure know I'd love to ride on it .Never been to England but I'd love to go just 1 small problem & it's called money lol.

[@yankeedoodle5302]

That lady in thumbnail looked like Hillary Clinton

[@AgnostosGnostos]

52,972£ annually for a Tube driver. Now I understand why the the tickets for the underground are so expensive. Now I understand why the trains and the stations of the underground are so dirty and neglected.

[@CrazyInWeston]

Get an oyster card or use your contactless bank card. They're much cheaper than getting a paper ticket. The fare on the oyster caps out at like £5.60 compared to £11.70 on a paper ticket. Edit: They changed it now, its £7 daily cap for zones 1 and 2 only. Zones 1-6 get charged a maximum of £12.80 but still, paper tickets only offer zones, and the contactless oyster card/bank cards will charge you a single fare if only doing a single fare, still making it cheaper than a paper ticket.

[@patrickmorrissey3084]

Why do you Brits think that is too much money? It is about the same here for the NYC Subway and no one complains. Actually it is a little more here. Around $73,000 USD.

[@vanessaruiz4705]

@@patrickmorrissey3084 it's a different currency, you need to know the cost of living and other factors to say that. With 52k per year you could literally rent 2 houses at the same time, and houses are not exactly cheap in London.

[@rage_fusion]

@@vanessaruiz4705 erm I’m on 52k in London and I cannot rent 2 houses lol maybe a flat at best

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Lucky lady ,wish her well should of done that years ago when you could apply from outside ,nice one 👍🏻

[@vincentperratore4395]

I grew up in New York City and fortuitous indeed was I, to live in such an argus-eyed, never sleeping and pulsating city, replete with a magnificently ordered subway system; a teeming, albeit mysterious, subterranean wonderland, full of promise, of dread (in it's own way), and a seeming paradox of not unmixed delight! Indeed, what more could a kid desire?

[@vincentperratore4395]

When I was 17, I took a Civil Service Exam to apply for a job as subway worker, so that upon graduation from high school, I might step into the beginnings of a fabulous and rewarding lifelong career. Likely as not, I would have done better on the test if I hadn't met a new girl friend the week before, and with plans for a golden sconced evening ahead, I could no more concentrate on the test than fly! The coxcombury of youth!

[@Sorien787]

@@vincentperratore4395 🤓 🛫 🏙