Bus drivers De Lijn clapping from the confession: “Always a roll of duct tape to repair something quickly”

Nice cruising and many social contacts: with that perspective, many drivers start a career at De Lijn, but the reality is often less rosy. As a result of an outdated fleet, split services, black riders and aggression, the frustrations are accumulating and one in six dropped out after two years. For HLN, some drivers made anonymous out of confession. “I do my ironing between two services, because driving home in between is not an option.”

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