1) Train Operators on the Underground. a) how many train operators does Underground employ and at which depots? b) how many part time operators were recruited for night tube? c) do night tube operators work/or allowed to work day time shifts if required (as overtime or something) if there is a need to cover daytime work? d) how long is the normal training course for a train operator? e) Tube operators salary? Are Sundays part of working week and are there enhancements for certain shifts? 2) Train Operator posts a) can you tell me the last time Underground advertised train operator posts externally? b) Is there any plans to advertise future train operator posts externally? c) do you know or have any idea when next train operator jobs will be advertised externally? 3) Train Service Controllers or Line Controllers: a) does Underground advertise Line Controller or signal operator posts externally? b) Is there any plans to advertise future train operator posts externally? 4) Bus Control Office a) I beleive London Buses control is based at Palestra near Blackfriars, do Buses advertise jobs in their control centre externally? b) I have seen ibus controllers jobs advertised. Do these roles actually work for TFL or are these posts employed by the private bus companies? 5) I bus. Totally random thing, are you able to send me the new ibus announcement audio file which says "please hold on whilst the bus is moving" only been in use for about a week.

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Our Ref:          FOI-4473-1718

Thank you for your request received on 8 February 2018 asking for information about London Underground operators, controllers, and iBus.

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:

1) Train Operators on the Underground.

a) how many train operators does Underground employ and at which depots?

Please see the table below:

10/02/18 ELET QPKT BAK HAIT LYST LTNT WCTT WRPT CEN ACDT BKDT ECTT UPMT DIS NGWT WPKT SFDT JUB
Total 97.8 113.8 211.8 126.4 141.8 72.8 104.8 81.6 527.4 133.9 75.5 172.4 138.5 520.3 57.1 210.9 137.9 405.9

NEAT RKYT HOHT MET EKHT HMST ERDT H&C EFYT GGRT MORT HBTT NOR ACPT AGRT NFDT CFST PIC SVST BRXT VIC NETWORK
126.3 81.5 134.9 342.7 71.6 86.2 120 277.8 92.4 211.6 239 114.4 657.3 152.8 152.3 126.9 130.1 562.1 198.3 111.5 309.8 3814.8

ELE                 Elephant & Castle
QPKT              Queens Park
HAIT                Hainault (Depot)
LYST               Leytonstone (Depot)
LTNT               Loughton (Loughton)
WCTT             White City (Depot)
WRPT             West Ruislip (Depot)
ACDT              Acton Town (district)
BKDT              Barking
ECTT              Earls Court
UPMT             Upminster
NGWT             North Greenwich
WPKT             Wembley Park
SFDT              Stratford
NEAT              Neasden (Depot)
RKYT              Rickmansworth
HOHT             Harrow on the Hill
EKHT              Earls Court
HMST             Hammersmith
ERDT              Edgware Road
EFYT               East Finchley
GGRT             Golders Green
MORT             Morden
HBTT              High Barnet
ACPT              Acton Town (Piccadilly)
AGRT              Arnos Grove
NFDT              Northfields
CFST              Cockfosters
SVST              Seven Sisters
BRXT              Brixton
b) how many part time operators were recruited for night tube?

There are 197 currently employed, however as they move into full-time roles, they will be backfilled.

c) do night tube operators work/or allowed to work day time shifts if required (as overtime or something) if there is a need to cover daytime work?

Night Tube is strictly 16 hours over Friday and Saturday nights. No overtime is available.

d) how long is the normal training course for a train operator?

12-16 weeks depending on the line and stock.

e) Tube operators salary? Are Sundays part of working week and are there enhancements for certain shifts?

The full-time salary is £52,872. Sundays are a normal working day, and there are no enhancements for specific shifts, the salary is a consolidated salary. Nigh Tube is pro-rated dependant on shift allocation (16 hours per week equates to approx. £24,214 p.a.).

2) Train Operator posts

a) can you tell me the last time Underground advertised train operator posts externally?

February 2017.

b) Is there any plans to advertise future train operator posts externally?
c) do you know or have any idea when next train operator jobs will be advertised externally?

Yes, in March 2018.

3) Train Service Controllers or Line Controllers:

a) does Underground advertise Line Controller or signal operator posts externally?
b) Is there any plans to advertise future train operator posts externally?

We do not advertise these posts externally and do not have any plans to do so in the future.

4) Bus Control Office

a) I beleive London Buses control is based at Palestra near Blackfriars, do Buses advertise jobs in their control centre externally?

We do advertise externally, in the past two years we have advertised three vacancies both internally and externally.

b) I have seen ibus controllers jobs advertised. Do these roles actually work for TFL or are these posts employed by the private bus companies?

iBus controllers are generally employed by Private Bus Operating Companies. We have a number of support roles that work with the iBus system in TfL (although not generally called controllers).

5) I bus.

Totally random thing, are you able to send me the new ibus announcement audio file which says "please hold on whilst the bus is moving" only been in use for about a week.

Please find the requested announcement attached. Please note that while access to this material will be provided to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you are not granted any rights to any of the intellectual property that exists in it or granted any permission to make secondary uses of it.

TfL owns all intellectual property (including, without limitation, copyright) in the material supplied and will defend such rights.

If you wish to make any secondary use of the material provided, you must first obtain the consent of TfL (which may be withheld) and, if consent is granted, a fee may be charged, in accordance with the terms of the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

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

[email protected]

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