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Train drivers operate trains on the rail network, carrying passengers and freight around the country.
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Once you're qualified, you could work on passenger, freight or engineering trains. With experience, you could combine your job with instructing trainee drivers, who are learning new routes and cab controls. You could also become a driver trainer, teaching new starters in the classroom, working with driver simulators and accompanying trainees on journeys. You could move into management, supervising drivers and making sure trains and crew are where they need to be on the rail network. Operations management is another possibility, planning future rail developments.
Driving instructors teach people the skills and knowledge they need to drive safely and pass their driving test.
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Tram drivers take passengers to and from destinations, following a set timetable.
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