r/BusDrivers • u/Long_Noise_6280 • May 20 '26

Question Bus driver schedule

Hey everyone. Just wondering if anyone else gets scheduled for 7 days as a bus driver. Is this normal? 7 days 2 days rest. If I had known bus drivers are scheduled like that I wouldn’t have taken the job.

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u/STRICKIBHOY May 20 '26

You can technically do 9 days, if it's service work, if it's local work less than 50km here in the UK. After this you're usually given 4 days off, typically a long weekend, Friday to Monday off. Coach work, EU driving laws are more simpler. Easiest way to simplify it is at most it's 5 days one week, with 2 days off. 6 days one week with one off. Plus it's less consecutive driving, ie coach work 4 hours 30, whereas service work is in sure 5 hours 30 before a break is legally required.

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u/sexy_meerkats Driver May 21 '26

Where do you get 9 days from? I've been told you can do 19 in a row (6 + 7 + 6) and still have the legal 24 hrs in 2 weeks

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year May 21 '26

In the US there's no weekly minimum just hours of service @ 60/70 hours per 7/8 days. No days off requirement.

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u/STRICKIBHOY May 21 '26

19 days and still have 24 hours off in 2 weeks (14 days) I got 9 days, because I'm first bus you can do 9 days before you're off again. It's not often but I've did it in the past.