Peculiarities of the train driver’s work in modern conditions: a view from inside
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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2015.56659Keywords:
train driver, professional activity, human factor, the safety of railway trafficAbstract
The study focuses on peculiar features of the professional activities of the train driver in the present conditions, when the rate of road accidents remains high and the existing traction rolling stock is rapidly “aging”, i.e. deteriorating. We have identified new factors affecting the “train driver––locomotive––rail transport infrastructure” system and new trends in the operation of locomotive crews, such as a significant increase in the volume of radio and mobile communication and regular changes in regulatory, reference and official documents, which result in additional duties laid on locomotive crews. The findings allow working out measures that would improve the rate of the railway traffic safety with an account for the current state of the system in which the key role belongs to the train driver. We have identified the current challenges and promising ways to improve the reliability of the human factor in ensuring the railway traffic safety, such as: (1) the necessity to consider individual characteristics of the driver, (2) optimizing the verbal interaction of the locomotive crew members, and (3) working out criteria for the feasibility of the driver’s activities. The study findings are particularly important in the context of an increasing moral and psychological load on the human operator in the system.
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