{"id":189144,"date":"2025-06-16T14:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189144\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:03:12","slug":"tube-driver-sacked-after-being-caught-knitting-and-watching-videos-at-the-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189144\/","title":{"rendered":"Tube driver sacked after being caught KNITTING and watching videos at the wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A London Underground driver has been dismissed after being filmed knitting and watching videos on their mobile phone whilst operating a Northern Line train.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred at Hendon Central station in February this year and was captured on camera by a shocked commuter.<\/p>\n

Transport for London launched a full investigation following the footage and confirmed the driver no longer works for the organisation. <\/p>\n

The behaviour was particularly controversial given the ongoing industrial disputes at the time.<\/p>\n

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A London Underground driver has been dismissed after being filmed knitting and watching videos on their mobile phone whilst operating a Northern Line train<\/p>\n

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London Underground drivers can earn up to \u00a372,849 annually for a 35-hour working week.<\/p>\n

The role comes with substantial benefits, including 43 days’ holiday per year and generous travel perks.<\/p>\n

One witness who filmed the incident expressed their disbelief at the driver’s behaviour.<\/p>\n

They said: “I was so surprised. I didn’t expect to see someone meant to be at work being so casual about the job.<\/p>\n

“Especially because, at the time, there were Tube strikes going on, so it felt mad they were complaining about the job then relaxing on it.”<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred at Hendon Central station in February this year and was captured on camera by a shocked commuter<\/p>\n

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A TfL spokesman confirmed the organisation had taken action following the incident.<\/p>\n

They said: “This video was made earlier in the year. We carried out a full investigation and the person involved no longer works at TfL.”<\/p>\n

The footage emerged during a period of heightened industrial tensions on the Underground network.<\/p>\n

The Tube network has experienced significant industrial action in recent years. <\/p>\n

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The Tube network has experienced significant industrial action in recent years<\/p>\n

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Last year, TfL proposed a four-day working week for drivers starting in 2027, maintaining their 35-hour contracts but extending daily shifts to approximately eight and a half hours.<\/p>\n

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers rejected this offer, which was intended to prevent threatened Christmas strikes. <\/p>\n

Tube workers received a five per cent pay increase from Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan last year, costing taxpayers \u00a330million.<\/p>\n

Since taking office, Khan has overseen more Tube strikes than his two predecessors combined. <\/p>\n

Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone saw 51 strikes across 16 years, whilst Khan surpassed this figure by March 2022, despite initially promising “zero strikes”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A London Underground driver has been dismissed after being filmed knitting and watching videos on their mobile phone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,12,512,16,1259,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sgg","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-uk-news","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114693420257353377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}