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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.31 - Urban And Suburban Passenger Land Transport
420 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
18 June 2024
Foreseen end date
31 January 2025
Description
Metro de Madrid, the public transport operator serving the region of Madrid, is set to expand its workforce with 315 new train drivers and 105 area managers. A total of 150 of these new train drivers and 60 new area managers will join the company in the first half of 2024, whereas the remainder group will be gradually incorporated until the end of January 2025.
Metro de Madrid currently has got 7,161 employees, out of 1,828 are train drivers, 1,528 are dedicated to direct traveller care, 2,247 provide infrastructure support, and 882 perform different service support functions. This employment creation is linked to the acquisition of 80 trains and an investment of one billion Euros.
Eurofound (2024), Metro de Madrid, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 200961, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200961.
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