FOI request detail

Tube Drivers Salary

Request ID: FOI-1239-1718
Date published: 15 September 2017

You asked

Hi could you provide me with Tube drivers salary Starting to experienced O/t rates. Bank holiday and weekend o/t rates pay How many people in the past 2 years have been hired from outside TFL and how many from within

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-1239-1718

Thank you for your request received on 22 August 2017 asking for information about Tube drivers.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked for:

Tube drivers salary

The salary for a full-time Tube driver is £52,972 and £24,214 for Night Tube drivers as this position is part-time.

Starting to experienced:

Training salary is £32, 375, this is the same for full-time and Night Tube drivers as training is full-time.

O/t rates. Bank holiday and weekend o/t rates pay

The overtime rate is £36.2656 per hour, we only have one rate for overtime which covers bank holidays and weekends.

How many people in the past 2 years have been hired from outside TFL and how many from within?

We hired 273 internal and 205 external candidates between 6 September 2015 and 6 September 2017.

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

[email protected]

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