Rail transport operations

The term train operating, service or earlier operating railway operating service, includes all activities associated with the implementation of the driving operation at a railroad. It's in the broadest sense to everything related to the "rolling wheel".

Since the abstract and privatization of German Federal Railways and Deutsche Reichsbahn to Deutsche Bahn AG, the word ' service ' is avoided because it is reminiscent of an authority. From the term " operational service " was therefore " track mode".

Activities (selection)

  • Rail operations on the operating stations, formerly defined as " transport service on the operating stations "; this includes performing the train rides, maneuvering, operating the signal boxes, adjusting and securing the roadways and driveways
  • Join trains, formerly called Zugfahrdienst, including the tasks of train drivers and train crew, train drivers and train conductor and
  • Maneuvering, in particular the work involved in the " form " (grouping ) and solving the trains, thus providing freight cars for loading and unloading and during feeding and collection of passenger and freight cars to and from the workshops and stabling facilities.

Staff

  • Dispatchers
  • Course attendants
  • Driver
  • Platoon leader

You can insert tasks delegated to other appropriate staff (eg, gatekeeper, Zugmelder, preparer, shunter, shunters, Train, local supervision).

Earlier this and other so -called dispositive staff fell within the concept of operating railroaders.

Control mode

Railway vehicles are track- out on the rails. You can not leave or even escape abruptly, such as road vehicles the set track. Therefore, regulate a variety of regulations ( in particular transport service and signal requirements) may go when and under what conditions or traits Rangierabteilungen without it (ex: railway operations accident) clashes, driveways or other hazardous events can occur. The driver receives this well-defined orders and information about signals. Extensive control and safety technology in the signal boxes and outdoor facilities includes signals from each other, which would lead to a dangerous movement. Corresponding technology on traction vehicles can stop rides against signals by emergency brake, if so equipped cars and tracks (eg with automatic train control system ). From the control mode is when all the technical facilities of the railway infrastructure and rail vehicles operate and the rail cars are moved according to the rule. Must be deviated from normal operation, one speaks of a malfunction. This is the case if:

  • Technical facilities are disrupted (whose functions must be replaced by other measures to ensure the equal security for longer trips ) to ensure
  • Train or shunting were not properly terminated,
  • A dangerous event has occurred or
  • Other irregularities were noticed on railway infrastructure or vehicles.

Also for these deviations from normal operation, there are well-defined courses of action, to which all parties operating railway workers (see above) are bound. Then oral or written information, orders or commands are transmitted via telephone line or wireless train.

Other operating parts

  • Traction; this includes the provision of locomotives, the locomotive crews with the technical preparation and completion of work on the locomotives and the transport of trains
  • Safety technology, this means here the maintenance and troubleshooting of security systems
  • Maintenance and troubleshooting of catenary systems
  • Car inspection and maintenance, and technical services Cart
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