London's Youngest Tube Driver

[anisocoro]

I am not expert, but I think it is not simple to drive safely a tube, the line is very busy, signals are sure, but problems can always appear, there are long outside tracts in country (=animals crossing),and there are supervisors nervous. It needs a big passion to become a tube driver, I think,

[1madaboutguitar]

FAKE!

[210482fmj]

that must be utterly boring

[formidable38]

@210482fmj I could put up with being bored for 40 grand a year!! Anyway, show me a day to day job that dosnt get borring after youve been doing it for a while. They all get boring, believe me.

[rml2589]

@210482fmj It really isn't you know!

[awesome54331]

@210482fmj train driving is never boring!

[210482fmj]

@awesome54331 yeah and neither is driving a car

[Eugeneandco]

what line does he drive

[rml2589]

@Eugeneandco He's now to be found on the Metropolitan Line.

[dtfageet]

shouldn't he be looting and rioting

[vartal]

Что со звуком?

[Luxayan]

I want to become a Train Driver!!!!

[hugozaa]

That one way to skip school lol

[billywhite1231998]

good on you seth your an inspiration following your lifes dream :)

[dronespace]

Good for that lad

[TheCPCheatsMaster]

I want to recreate the London Map

[markhorneyuk]

I wouldn't be bothered if this guy drivers me home of a night, I don't know why some people are scared of having a teenager drive a tube train.

[moffgm66]

lul always had young drivers any ex JTRO-PST would have passed to drive by there 19th birthday if they wanted to

[sinchydogtrainz]

im 10 and i allready know how to drive a train  WHERES MY JOB ???

[markhorneyuk]

@sinchydogtrainz, with this recession going on and the bad immigration with the lack of jobs out there, YOU BE LUCKY TO GET ONE WHEN YOU LEAVE SCHOOL!.....HAH!

[XenoPhyre]

I love the subways and trains in general, driving one in passenger service is one of my dream jobs. They're awesome machines. And I can definitely understand why they don't let just anyone do or even try out for this job.

All the trains might be computer-operated by the time I have enough previous work experience to take the test though... :(

[Northstander]

I have always believed that if you are good enough you are old enough, no worries about travelling in a train driven by this man, it would be a privelage.

[themrwesam1234567891]

i see him on the metropolitian line 

[Gary190tube]

Seems like they might strike for the royal wedding and/or the olympics.

I'm sure they do a good job and it's not as easy a job as people make it out to be, but the Tube is there for the benefit of Londoners, not the train drivers. If they strike for the olympics then I'd be happy to pay extra tube fare if it means we can have driverless trains on the tube. The public will be demanding it and we should get it. It''s OUR tube.

[BenAliGtor]

You GO, kid!!

[kidfrombrooklyn66]

WOW ! Someone took a risk with him and IT PAID OFF. He knows what he's doing and will have some nice income coming for many years. That's about $65,000 US.

[MrSwissTom]

hey man, good job! I am a driver in Switzerland, I was 22 when I finished training. You beat me by four years! Have a nice & save shift, today and always. Thomas

[carsruleok]

Good luck to the lad...I've been on the footplate for 25 years and what he says is very true.You never know what the next day will throw at you.

He seems a very balanced young man shame not all youngsters are like this.

[richandnik]

If he had any sense he should find his feet, and move on to freight its better pay, and alot more to learn than underground....

[stickypool]

Well done mate. Its nice to see someone achieve their goals.

[offspringmadboy]

Semi Skilled job? Get a fucking clue you complete cunt. I personally know Seth, Its not like he just got the job, he went through 2 years of training with the apprenticeship scheme. Not only did he learn how to drive, but your NEED to know all rule books, all moves, what to do in the event of signal failures, how to apply the rule, how to rectify failures on the train.

Theres a whole lot more to it than just driving you scum cunt. Get a clue, son.

[liamshaw666]

This guy is a legend, he's gone out what he wanted to do all his life and got it, yeah, theres a lot of money involved but the way i see it, he doesn't really give a shit, and that sly little comment at the end of the video is pretty sad of the presenter tbh

[rodman1993]

From England to America...this guy is my inspiration...I want to drive and design trains myself...

[rml2589]

@rodman1993 He's a good role model ! Good luck with your ambitions mate.

[themrwesam1234567891]

wow I want a London Underground driver you have to be really lucky

[MultiLange1]

seth, i just want to say well done! At such a young age that is some achievement. After all the training and studying that you have done to get to that goal. I hope you gave yourself a pat on the back. You have fun driving those trains. Good luck in your long and well deserving career.

[pbatommy]

WAY TO GO, SETH!! I've been running subway trains in NYC for 27 years. I'm living the same dream Seth has!

[bus140808]

Seth, I am very jeolous!! Well done though :-) I've wanted to be a train driver since I was seven. I have applied for jobs but they are hard to get into. I'm now a bus driver and I'm hoping this will make it easier to become a train driver (timetables, shiftwork, responsibility if passengers). I'm not too scared of suicides Im more scared of hitting another train!

[tattoodal]

I AM ALSO A DRIVER AND WORKED WITH THIS YOUNG MAN I CAN ASURE YOU THIS LAD TOOK NO SHORT CUT TO GET HIS JOB HE KNOWS MORE ABOUTS TRAINS THAN MEN WHO HAVE 30 YEARS SERVICE AND IS DESTINED FOR A GOOD LONG SERVICE WITH THE COMPANY ,APART FOM ALL THAT HE IS ALSO A VERY NICE FELLA DO NOT THINK HIS AGE REFLECTS HIS KNOWLEDGE MOST OF US GO TO HIM FOR ADVICE INFACT

[rml2589]

@tattoodal This is SOOOOOO true!!! I was one of Seth's main instructors ...and I now seek advice from him!!! :-)

[chocolatcats]

@tattoodal I love this man! he's too cool

[Astronautical123]

@tattoodal yu are soo cool, you drive the london underground!

[marcel911]

@tattoodal That says more about the old hands than it does of him. They should be ashamed of themselves. Why don't they take an interest in the job.

[Doomsday2060]

My great uncle used to put his border collie in his cab every day

[wastedwasted3]

he earns 30k and get 30 days holiday per year for an entry semi-skilled job

that's what happen when you let the trade unions run things - they ruin the city and the service

[rml2589]

@wastedwasted3 (rolls eyes) There's always someone so bitter at their own life they need to bad mouth a good news story. tut tut. Your facts are way off anyway, tube drivers earn over 40k and get more than 40 days leave

[pexeq]

@rml2589 40k pounds? Maybe I should go to England....or Switzerland....or anywhere but Germany...

[TheUktransportfan]

@rml2589 id love to be in that position. hopefully at 18 aye

[seanynut]

@wastedwasted3 oh yeah coz the bankers and economists didnt ruin anything did they ?! and takes a hell of alotta skill to drive a train

[Cannarea]

@wastedwasted3 youre winging about that? pussy football players get 250k a week for kicking a piece of leather around a fucking field for 90 minutes. oh and crying like a little girl when theyre tapped in the shin. Hell, they even get that money when the country is in an economic downfall. Im pretty sure tube drivers will receive cuts, unlike the fags of football. Get over it.

[JimTLonW6]

@wastedwasted3

So, er, maybe you should get a job on the tubes too?

[lloydee1983]

@wastedwasted3 End of the day at least the guys working, unlike some bums out there.

[infrared567]

@wastedwasted3 £40k and around 56 days leave. The job is very responsible and involves operating potentially dangerous machinery. Intensive training, testing, and random drug testing, make sure these guys don't run red signals in to the back of other trains killing many people. Before you start writing bullshit, think about what your writing eh?

[coolkid124512]

@wastedwasted3 you ever drove a train belive me its not SEMI-SKILLED

[formidable38]

@wastedwasted3 Yeah, typical reply from joe public who knows fuckall about the railway. Try running a 20 thousand ton freight train down a 2.5% grade and getting it to the bttom in one one piece. Come back here and tell everyone how semi skilled it is, you self oppinionated prick!

[Andophonic]

Quite the success story.

[Modeltrainguy]

@kieranharvey1 Agreed. It's NOT Luck. The problem: No such thing ever existed in the USA. Hence a VERY True statement: It is not what you know, it is who you know. If enough noise is made here in the USA to be more competitive in such things, a similar story is sure to appear on YouTube. Like him, I had the same desire since my Childhood. Cheers.

[morty1970]

Just come across this video...well done Seth...It says that Seth is the youngest tube driver ever...well I passed out as a driver when I was 18 years old in 1989 and started off on the District Line at PG and am now based on the Central...sad to say that after 21 years Im still enjoying it.

[TrainzContentHelp]

i would like to drive a train but there is a lot of people who commit suicide on the underground there's at least one a day so they say.

[modelearth]

@TrainzContentHelp no its not the average is 35 a year.

roughly one every other week.

[JamesFentonLULHelp]

@andersonjjj333 i actually know seth and hes a really nice guy and he went for the same apprenticeship that i got on for this september, meaning that in 2 years till ill have trained to be a driver on the tube.

[infrared567]

my dad trained him on the metropolitan line

[DJGENEX71]

If you apply your self and do what you need you can do it! That's Awesome!

2 thumbs up! Too bad you can't get an apprenticeship to do this in the US.

[CoastStarlight11]

WOW!!!!!

[grahamf19]

i wish i were a tube driver, he damn lucky to be able to get that job, though bet a family member also works for London underground

[rml2589]

@grahamf19 Seth's in post entirely on his own well deserved merit, no family links to London Underground, TfL or other rail companies at all.

[PeteTW8]

@grahamf 19 Heh. Just to echo the other reply - I'm Seth's Dad and I should know... Seth did the whole thing through his own self-motivated graft, with no family ties or strings pulled. Or luck, for that matter!

[andersonjjj333]

i wish i were him

[wowfever]

@andersonjjj333 Me too... *sigh*

[Modeltrainguy]

@andersonjjj333 I wish I were as lucky as him, too.

[Modeltrainguy]

BRAVO! What a Wonderful Story!

Thumbs Up!

[daveb0789]

Amazing video. Seth looksand behaves a lot older than 18, way beyond his years. And he's sitting on 42k a year. Fantastic.

[leonardwilson85]

Excellent video. That could never happen in America.

[AlgonquinRider810]

or canada that sucks!! i want to drive a train but you hav to be 21+ to drive 1 on a work shift( meaning a actual job)

[H42R1597]

how do you know

[rml2589]

Whilst driving, route learning and more specifically stopping does take some skill, the real difficulties come when a train breaks down, where possible the driver must be able to identify the problem and take steps such as isolating equipment to get the train moving. Seth was especially good at these diagnostics. He did join LU at 16 and admits passing up his place in further education was a risk! It's LU's good fortune he went for it! ;-)

[cameronboy18]

I would love to be a train driver but this guy must have left school at 16 in order to do the two year apprenticeship. I stayed on and want to go to uni, so chances of me becoming a tube driver are pretty slim... unless I do so when I'm bored of my whatever jobs my uni degree gets me.

I'm still pretty envious of this guy though.

[luerexbob]

Talked to this guy before.

[LondonTransportFan69]

Rather inspirational for people like me. Although, seen as I've never been into the cab of a train its hard to imagine how hard it is to actually drive. I know hundreds of people who think its just pushing buttons which rather irritates me.

[DeanieBoi07]

@LondonTransportFan69 - It's not as hard as you might think, yes there is more to it than pushing buttons and handles, but once you know what you're doing, it is pretty straight foward. I've been in the cab of a Bakerloo Line train and driven a District Line train, good fun.

[cameronboy18]

I've only been in a cab of a Metropolitan train from Amersham to Chalfont & Latimer a few years back; Sunday morning when it was really quiet so we were allowed in.

Other than that I've been in the cab of a Victoria line train looking south from Walthamstow Central; but they wouldn't let me stay when the train had to depart! :(

[DeanieBoi07]

@cameronboy18 - Sounds awesome. It's best if you know the driver, they'll always let you in. When I was on the Bakerloo Line, I was with an instructor, really friendly bloke, even got to see the woman he had a crush on lol. With the District Line, my grandad is mates with a former depot manager, so I spent the day there doing some bits with them, and drove the train, I was only 7.

[AlgonquinRider810]

i never drove a train! you are a lucky!

[DeanieBoi07]

I was very fortunate and lucky. It's good fun.

[DrummerFlea]

not lucky when i have to do it daily :(:(

[tubeinfoboy123]

he's from ealing!!!!!!!!!! thats where i live!! well done mate!!! most of the people in ealing are workshy weed/crackheads and full of lazy dickheads........ well thats the london borugh of ealing in west london post codes w13,w7,w3,w5,.

[gomezellas]

Well done to him actually showing willing and getting further than most of the lazy workshy cunts in this country !

[absyinth666]

Yooo dude I want to grow up to be just like you!

[DistrictMotorman]

As if any driver drives around like a joy rider!!!

[GeneralRdot09]

HAHAHA

Youngen driving a train

Next it will be pilots

HAHA