TrainOperator

I’m a proper driver

I am as surprised as you are

Some lines are automated, some are manually driven. There is a stopping mark that tells you exactly where to stop...

You can transfer to other lines.

Some drivers on manual lines look down on those on ATO a bit. Refer to them as button pushers or not “proper drivers” etc,

The money is good, the benefits are good.

Honestly the best part of my job is that I don’t need to take anything home and actually have a real work life balance.

I stable my train in the depot, or hand it over to another driver, and I just go home.

There is nothing to worry about when I’m at home like deadlines or meetings, no one calls or emails me on my time off. I literally just come in, drive my train, go home.

Like people used to do.

My job before TfL involved long hours and having to answer emails and whatnot when I wasn’t at work. Being able to switch off is the best part of this job tbh.