Looking for train driver jobs can be tough. It can be stressful and also very time consuming. This article looks at how you can take out the stress. Follow these quick and easy steps on how to find the latest train driver jobs in just 60 seconds.
Looking for a job is a job in itself.
It is time consuming, tedious, and it can be frustrating trying to find the exact vacancies you want with ease.
Plus, there is fierce competition when applying to trainee train driver positions.
It has been estimated between 200-400 people apply for each vacant position.
And if that wasn’t scary enough, a well-known train operating company (TOC) listed one its vacancies on its website for just 2 hours.
That’s why we’ve put together this quick guide to help you find the positions quickly and easily.
How Do Train Operating Companies Advertise Job Vacancies?
All 22 UK train operating companies have their own websites where they advertise vacancies.
This means that you need to check every TOC website individually and see if they are recruiting.
Plus, some TOCs have regional websites, meaning you’d have to keep an all-seeing eye on these:
| Arriva Trains Wales | c2c |
| Caledonian Sleeper | Chiltern Railways |
| Cross-Country Trains | Crossrail |
| East Midlands Trains | Eurostar |
| Eurotunnel | First Great Western |
| First Hull Trains | First Trans-Pennine Express |
| Grand Central | Greater Anglia |
| Heathrow Express | Island Line |
| London Midland | London Overground |
| Merseyrail | Northern Rail |
| ScotRail | Southeastern |
| South West Trains | Southern Railway |
| Thameslink Great Northern | Virgin East Coast Trains |
| Virgin Trains (West Coast) | Freight Train Operators |
| Colas Rail | DB Schenker |
| Devon & Cornwall Railways | Direct Rail Services |
| Freightliner | GB Railfreight |
Not only is this time consuming, but also it can be frustrating trying to get to the right page to locate the current vacancies.
How Can I Locate Train Driver Jobs in One Place?
Thankfully, there are a couple of solutions.
One of the best free solutions is to use this dedicated job board:
TrainDriver.org job vancancies board is a great way to find the latest train driver jobs[/caption]
TrainDriver.org is a dedicated information-based website for train drivers.
It has a useful job vacancies page where all of the painstaking effort of finding current vacancies with TOCs is listed in one easy list:
You can even sign up to their email list to be notified of vacancies.
With this method, you can easily find all of the latest train driver vacancies in one place – it is that simple!
Are there any other methods?
There are a couple of alternatives to traindriver.org, one of them being forums.
RailUk Forums has going for a while and holds a great community of helpful people posting and discussing the latest train driver jobs. It is definitely one of the best places to be if you’re serious about joining this industry.
You have to register before you can post but it only takes a couple of minutes.
Another way of keeping up-to-date with current vacancies is to sign up to job alert emails.
How2become offers its own train driver job alert service, which you can sign up for annually.
Although it is a paid for service, you’ll receive job alerts sent direct to your email along with a link to apply.
If you are currently looking for train driver jobs, we recommended you look into these timesaving options.
TOCs are notorious for only advertising vacancies for a short period of time. Therefore, it is imperative you apply as soon as positions come available.
We hope the above options can help you locate train driver jobs quicker and easier.
Let us know in the comment section below which ones worked best for you or if you have any other alternatives you’d like to share.
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