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Minimum age for train drivers to be lowered to 18 amid shortage

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Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains amid concerns over driver shortages.

The minimum age to take on the role in Britain is to be lowered from 20, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

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