The Department for Transport (DfT) is proposing to reduce the minimum age for driving a train on Britain's railways from 20 to 18 as early as this summer.
Read more:Teenagers are set to be recruited to drive trains as the government looks at trying to ease rail staffing shortages.
Lowering the minimum age to 18 would 'build resilience' and enable school leavers to take up apprenticeships and train to join the profession, the department added. The Department for Transport is proposing to reduce the minimum age for driving a train to 18 from 20 READ MORE: Rail worker weeps in court as he faces jail for using fake train tickets to get £27,000 of free journeys Advertisement Train services have been repeatedly disrupted due to a near two-year dispute over pay involving drivers' union Aslef and many train operators.
A DfT consultation on the plan is seeking views on how the processes for selecting, training, monitoring and supervising train drivers could be adapted to support the minimum age reduction. 'These proposed changes will help us to recruit the next generation of drivers, lowering the average age of the workforce, and helping to ensure a resilient railway for our customers.'
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