Brits Still in Love With Trains as 15,000 Chase 78 Driver Jobs
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More than 15,000 people have applied for just 78 jobs driving Britain’s newest intercity expresses, according to Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains, which is seeking to fill the posts.
Each of the positions, which are based in London and Edinburgh, received an average of almost 200 applications, spurred by the opportunity to drive the 65 high-speed Hitachi Ltd. trains set to commence operations on Britain’s East Coast main line from 2018, Virgin said Wednesday in a statement.