Taking Safe Decisions in the GB Railway Industry

Introduction. The article presents the results of a survey of employees of the railway industry and volunteers of various professions on their attitude to the possibility of employment of women as a locomotive driver and assistant driver. The aim of study is to determine the socio-psychological aspects of allowing women to work as a driver and assistant driver of an electric train among employees of various professions, including in the railway industry. Materials and methods. Anonymous online survey conducted among 112 people: 60 women aged 29.9±7.9 years (from 19 to 55 years), and 52 men aged 29.6±8.4 years (from 15 to 53 years). Results. There is an ambiguous attitude to the prospects of allowing women to work as a driver and assistant driver of an electric train. The most urgent problems of an organizational nature that accompany changes in labor legislation are noted: the abolition of allowances "for harm", the increase in the retirement age, inconveniences in holiday homes that are currently designed exclusively for men. There are also positive prospects for these changes: the possibility of healthy professional competition and the emergence of new areas of professional growth for women, as well as increasing the prestige of OAS "Russian Railways" by creating an image of a company that provides candidates with equal rights regardless of gender. Conclusions. The appearance (although it would be more accurate to say "return") of women to work as drivers and assistant drivers is not a forced measure, as it was in wartime, but the result of the modernization of rolling stock and railway infrastructure, bringing to the fore the assessment of professionally important operator qualities, regardless of the gender of candidates. However, gender characteristics cannot be ignored in the socio-psychological context - for example, when recruiting locomotive crews with mixed composition or when creating a favorable psychological climate in a locomotive depot.

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China’s Global Catch-up Strategies in High-speed Railway Industry

Korean-Chinese Social Science Studies ◽

10.36527/kcsss.16.4.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 115-145

Author(s):

Gang Gang Zhou ◽

Jae Chan Park

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

High Speed Railway ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Catch Up

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INVESTMENTS IN THE LOCOMOTIVE COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS PLANS AND FORECASTS

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.04.01.016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 106-110

Author(s):

A. G. YEROYAN ◽

Keyword(s):

Significant Role ◽

Rolling Stock ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Electric Locomotive ◽

Maintenance And Repair ◽

Technological Readiness ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Locomotive Repair

In connection with the prospects for the development of the railway industry until 2030, a significant role in improving the technological readiness of maintenance and repair of traction rolling stock belongs to diesel, electric locomotive repair and service depots. The article considers the main directions of development and modernization of the locomotive complex infrastructure. Possible methods of financing mechanisms for investment in infrastructure development have been identified.

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Should Railways Be Unbundled? The Entrepreneurial Competition Process in the Central and East European Railway Industry

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1699875 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Tomáš Otáhal

Keyword(s):

East European ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Competition Process

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Mechanical Properties of Anti-Graffiti Coating Systems used in the Railway Industry

Terotechnology ◽

10.21741/9781945291814-43 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

Railway Industry

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An Assessors view of Human Factors and Managing a Culture Change [railway industry]

11th IET Professional Development Course on Railway Signalling and Control Systems ◽

10.1049/ic.2006.0692 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

P. Sheppard

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Culture Change ◽

Railway Industry

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Effect of unsupported sleepers on dynamic behavior of running vehicles and ride comfort index

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science ◽

10.1177/0954406221989371 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 095440622198937

Author(s):

Mojtaba Azizi ◽

Majid Shahravi ◽

Jabbar-Ali Zakeri

Keyword(s):

Numerical Model ◽

Dynamic Behavior ◽

Multibody Dynamics ◽

Field Test ◽

Ride Comfort ◽

Vehicle Speed ◽

Comfort Index ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Flexible Track ◽

Train Speed

Nowadays, with various advancements in the railway industry and increasing speed of trains, the design of railway tracks and vehicles has become vitally important. One of the frequent problems of ballasted tracks is the existence of unsupported sleepers. This phenomenon occurs due to the lack of ballast underneath the sleepers. Here, a model is presented, in which a flexible track model in a multibody dynamics program is developed, in order to study the dynamic behavior of a vehicle. By utilizing the model, it is feasible to simulate unsupported sleepers on the flexible track including rail, sleeper, and ballast components. In order to verify the results of numerical model, a field test is performed. Findings indicate that, in the case of a single unsupported sleeper through the track, the ride comfort index increased by 100% after increasing the train speed from 30 to 110 km/h. Moreover, when it is needed to have ride comfort index improvement over the uncomfortable level, the vehicle speed should be less than 70 km/h and 50 km/h for tracks with one unsupported sleeper and two unsupported sleepers, respectively.

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