Trainee Bus Driver - Battersea

Tourists flying in and out of Heathrow Airport. Rugby fans lining the stands at Twickenham. Weekenders soaking up the sun in Trafalgar Square. London's fleet of buses is the red line connecting all these dots. And in each bus is a driver making sure people get where they want to go. We're nothing without our drivers. So we're looking for a new generation of future superstars to join our training to become a bus driver. Our Bus Driver Training Programme We'll train you to drive a London Bus. You'll spend roughly 4-6 weeks learning to drive a London Bus and getting your licence at our Battersea based training depot. After that you'll go straight to your depot for your local induction and route learning, you'll then be out on the road as a bus driver. During your training. You'll work shifts for at least 38 hours a week. This will include classroom and practical driving training, which will see you working early mornings and late nights, and weekends and bank holidays. Who we are We're the team behind hundreds of buses zipping across London, with over 150 million customers a year. We couldn't do it without our drivers – so we offer some of the best salaries and benefits in the business.

Transport UK London Bus operates bus services across London on behalf of TFL, plus rail replacement and event services across the UK. We operate approximately 11 per cent of the capital's world famous red bus network, running around 950 vehicles and employing around 2,900 employees across six busy depots in Central, South and West London. We run a number of routes, carrying over 150 million passengers a year on TfL's contracted bus network.