00:00So today the government is announcing that we're reducing the age at which
00:04people can train to be a train driver from 20 which is currently to 18. We
00:11know that we've got an aging workforce on the railways with nearly half of train
00:16drivers over the age of 50 and just 3% of trained drivers under the age of 30 so
00:22it's really important that we are able to train up the workforce of the future
00:28and to give young people opportunities and we know that the shortages of
00:33train drivers are a problem in terms of running the railways and so we want to
00:38have a more reliable more punctual service for people and having the right
00:42workforce in place is part of that
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