Fancy being a woman train driver?

Any women drivers out there looking for a change of career? How about driving a train?

According to Mick Whelan, the general secretary of train drivers’ union, Aslef, it is high time that something was done to encourage more women to take up a career in train driving.

“Britain's train drivers are overwhelmingly white and male,” conceded Whelan.

Personally, I love the romance of the railways. Much of my favourite film, Brief Encounter, is set in and around Britain’s wartime railway network.

Sadly though, I don’t think this is enough to make me woman train driver material.

But I’ll bet there are plenty of women out there who can buck the trend and take command of a train.

After all, statistics recently proved women to be better car drivers than men, and I’m pretty sure that the attributes which make us such a safe bet behind the wheel would be transferrable to the train driver’s cabin.

What do you think?

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