Times T2 'Modern Morals' question

The short answer is:
LUL have a zero tolerance policy on drugs - in tandem *I think* with the transport & works act 1992, which in any case, makes drug taking illegal.


All operational members of staff can be drug [& alchohol] tested at any time by either LUL or the BTP. If a staff member admits to a problem, LUL can offer support and counselling through it's occupational health department - but if a staff member is caught by testing, they'll at best face the most severe disciplinary punishment possible ie, final written warning, demotion or the sack.

Train operators involved in things like one under's are automatically tested by BTP, just as you would be by police if you had an accident in your car.

As for your question of how often the incident described happens - in my five years on the job i've never heard of a train op being caught taking drugs. I'm not saying it's never happened, but put it like this, you have more chance of winning the national lottery than having a train driver on drugs driving your train.

I can't imagine any driver would be so stupid as to smoke cannabis on the train!

Unless it was their last day before retirement...

It is.

Its completely illegal, and I don't know any driver that would take cannabis, especially in the cab. I've had punters skin up behing me, and i've taken immediate action. I certainly don't want that stuff in my system. My job is far too important to me to jeapordise it for some other idiots thoughtlessness.