WOMEN will make up only a fifth of London Underground train drivers in 30 years’ time unless recruitment practices change, according to new research.The drivers’ union Aslef said that almost 50 years after the first woman qualified as a Tube driver, women are still hugely under-represented in the role.London Underground has recruited more than 500 drivers over the past two years to replace retiring staff and prepare for new trains on the Piccadilly line, with four in five of the new recruits being male, said the union.

WOMEN will make up only a fifth of London Underground train drivers in 30 years’ time unless recruitment practices change, according to new research.

The drivers’ union Aslef said that almost 50 years after the first woman qualified as a Tube driver, women are still hugely under-represented in the role.

London Underground has recruited more than 500 drivers over the past two years to replace retiring staff and prepare for new trains on the Piccadilly line, with four in five of the new recruits being male, said the union.

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