Railway workers

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Looking at the superintendents department at Brighton Station I found:
Engine cleaner's were paid per day but Coachman were paid per week.

Why the difference in "pay day's" and, what was a "coachman"?

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http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familiesacrosstime/occupations.htm

According to this link a coachman drove a coach. 

 http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&982

 One who drove a passenger vehicle

   

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this is what I have found, but this is the LBSCR railway and is 1891; road coaches ended in the 1840's

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http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-jobs-beginning-C6.html#Coachman

Similar description again.. "drove a horse drawn carriage, eg a hackney carriage driver"

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this is what I have found, but this is the LBSCR railway and is 1891; road coaches ended in the 1840's

Horse drawn carriages where still in use into the 1900's. In fact I can remember the local railway company employing horse drawn wagons in the 1960's, although not for passenger's or passengers  luggage as would be the case of the person in question. Unless he was driving a goods cart.

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London street film, late 1800's.  http://youtu.be/fABILtla_lE

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thank you for the link.
as you say, Horse drawn carriages where still in use into the 1900's albeit for farmers etc. and even the post office. Railway company's even employed horse's for shunting wagons until the 50's, see http://newarkadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/tourism/history/TimWarner/warner84.asp

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  http://blog.visitlondon.com/2013/06/visiting-the-past-londons-working-horses/

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 http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ywb/