Monday, February 10th, 2025

Indians will get the job of train driver in Germany, salary will be ₹ 36 lakh! Know where to apply

Germany Loco Pilot Jobs: Germany is called the economic engine of Europe. This European country is known for every small and big industry including automobile, manufacturing, pharma. There is hardly any industry in which German companies do not dominate. However, these days Germany is facing shortage of workers. Recently the German government announced that it is going to issue 90 thousand visas to Indians. Through this, thousands of Indians will get a chance to work in Germany.
In this context, Germany also needs loco pilots i.e. train drivers for its railway industry. Germany, which is facing shortage of workers, wants Indian loco pilots to come and work there. Germany’s railway company ‘Deutsche Bahn’ (DB) is now recruiting train drivers from India. DB will give Indian train drivers an opportunity to work on ongoing projects in Germany as well as in different parts of the world. DB is known as the world’s largest railway company.

Indian train drivers will work in global projects

The aim of the German government-owned Deutsche Bahn Railway Company is to strengthen its hold in the Indian market. It intends to offer its consultancy, operation and maintenance services for metro services in India. “There is a shortage of train drivers in Germany and we want to leverage the expertise of Indian employees for our global projects,” Nico Warbanoff, CEO of DB International Operations (DB IO), told The Economic Times.

100 Indian employees have been given training

Deutsche Bahn officials said that about 100 Indian employees of DB have been given such training so that they can work on global projects. Trained employees constitute approximately one-sixth of the total Indian workforce. “We have hired employees from Duhai and surrounding areas of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh and provided them with specialized training,” said Nico Warbanoff, CEO of DB International Operations (DB IO).

What is Deutsche Bahn doing in India?

Actually, the country’s first Regional Rapid Rail Transit Service (RRTS) is being run between Delhi and Meerut. The responsibility of running this rail service has been given to the German company Deutsche Bahn. DB recently completed one year of operating RRTS. This German company looks after the operation and maintenance of RRTS. RRTS is being operated within a radius of 42 kilometers by 600 employees.

In July 2022, DB was awarded a 12-year contract for operation and maintenance of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS. Generally, in India, the operation and maintenance of public transport services like railways and metro is done by government agencies. For this reason, this is the first time that the work of train operation and maintenance (O&M) has been entrusted to a private company.

How to get a job in Deutsche Bahn?

Deutsche Bahn will currently hire for its global projects those Indians who are already working in the company and have completed training. However, this does not mean that you will not get a job opportunity in the company. To get a job at Deutsche Bahn you have to db.jobs/en-en Have to go to the website. Here you will get the details of all those roles for which recruitment is being done. Once you check the eligibility criteria, you can apply for the job.

What is the salary of a Deutsche Bahn train driver?

It is not hidden from anyone that one gets a huge salary for working in Europe. According to Glassdoor, a website that keeps records of salaries, the average annual salary of a train driver working in Deutsche Bahn is 40,000 euros (Rs 36 lakh). On an average, a train driver gets a salary ranging between 33,000 Euros (Rs 29 Lakhs) to 47,000 Euros (Rs 42 Lakhs) every year.

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