London underground drivers?
When London Underground tube drivers finish their shift, are they normally expected to take public transport home? For example, if the tube driver finished his shift in Epping and it was the last train for the night, how could he get home if there's not more public transport? Does the employer arrange for the tube driver to finish the shift at the station that's nearest their house?
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They've signed up to the job, and it's up to them to find their own way home. The train has to be parked in a depot, which is not necessarily the end of the line, so what they will do is drive the train back to their home depot and most probably have their car parked there. Given the amount tube drivers get paid (starting salary £49,673 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33459515 ), they should certainly be able to afford a car! They are, after all, in a strong bargaining position to throw London into chaos by going on strike, as they did today.
Trains aren't kept in stations overnight. For one thing, that's when maintenance crews do maintenance on the track, when the electricity is safely turned off. And maintenance and cleaning of trains is done in the depot.
I don't know, but I really hope someone who does answers. I have wondered about this before, maybe the drivers actually live at the end of the line? Or maybe they drive their own train back to the depot and live close by there?
There are night buses if they want to use public transport. They know where they will be ending their shift and plan accordingly like the rest of the world.
If there is no reasonable night bus service for them to take TFL provides them with a taxi
No, they get cabs or have their cars parked up somewhere,there are some bus routes that run all night.
They catch the gravy train