Request ID: FOI-1707-2122 Date published: 10 December 2021
You asked
Separately, for each of the Piccadilly, Central, and Bakerloo lines.
1: How many drivers are there currently operating each of the Bakerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines.
2: What was the total cost, salaries, overtime, bonuses, pensions, employer National insurance contributions for drivers of each of the Barkerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines for each of the last five years.
3: How many drivers left or retired from each of the Bakerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines for each of the last five years.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1707-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 1 November 2021 asking for information about Tube train driver costs.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. The possibilities, costs and benefits of driverless trains are things that we have looked at in the past and will continue to keep under review but it is not a priority.
1: How many drivers are there currently operating each of the Bakerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines.
Please see the table below:
Line
Nos of Train Drivers
Bakerloo
186
Central
510
Piccadilly
539
Total
1235
2: What was the total cost, salaries, overtime, bonuses, pensions, employer National insurance contributions for drivers of each of the Barkerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines for each of the last five years.
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
3: How many drivers left or retired from each of the Bakerloo, Central, and Piccadilly lines for each of the last five years.
Financial Year/Line
Leavers
2016/17
28
Bakerloo
6
Central
11
Piccadilly
11
2017/18
55
Bakerloo
13
Central
17
Piccadilly
25
2018/19
49
Bakerloo
4
Central
22
Piccadilly
23
2019/20
47
Bakerloo
10
Central
22
Piccadilly
15
2020/21
56
Bakerloo
7
Central
33
Piccadilly
16
Total
235
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
