Train driver (train)
With platoon (company name Deutsche Bahn and in Switzerland, Zf ), train manager (traffic-label long-distance traffic German Railway, new name in Switzerland) or Zugsführer (Austria) refers to a railway undertaking an employee, the responsibility for the safety and proper handling of a train journey is assigned.
history
At the time of the German national railways , the train driver was also referred to as a conductor , in Switzerland this still applies to some railways today.
In 1924, the red belt worn over the shoulder was made mandatory for the train driver as part of the uniform and general marking for the train driver at the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The train driver had to put it on for all journeys by passenger trains, unless he was the only train attendant himself or for railcar journeys .
Until 1969, freight trains in Germany also had their own train driver, with a change in the railway building and operating regulations in 1969, the tasks of train driver during the journey were transferred to the driver here.
The main focus of the train driver's duties was originally to ensure the safety of the train journey in rail operations. In the meantime, service for travelers has emerged as a second focus of activity, especially in the long-distance trains of Deutsche Bahn.
Deutsche Bahn
The train driver (train manager at DB Fernverkehr AG ) is responsible for checking tickets together with the train conductors ( train manager at DB Fernverkehr AG ) . The platoon leader can be recognized by his red armband ("Zugführerärmelstreifen", formerly: red sash ). The train driver is authorized to give instructions to all employees on the train.
In the area of operational safety, the train driver is responsible for train supervision. In this capacity, he must determine that the train is ready to depart before departure and give the train driver the departure order with departure signal Zp 9 or verbally (see train supervision ). If there is local supervision , this is usually the train supervision.
The train driver training includes u. a. railway operation with the partial regions maneuvering incl. domes, treating (setting) of the brakes on the train, calculating the braking percentage , creating the brake slip and the cart list and technical cart customer and not least ticket sales and control and services in the customer area.
In regional transport, customer advisors are deployed in local transport (KiN). These replace the traditional train conductor.
If a train does not need a driver due to technical facilities ( technology-based dispatch procedure ), the driver assumes responsibility for operational safety and is therefore also the train driver. This is the case with most freight trains and in many S-Bahn trains, and increasingly in regional traffic.
Switzerland
At the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the job title was divided into train manager and passenger train attendant.
Worth knowing
The train driver is not to be confused with the train driver (vulgo: train driver ), which also happens regularly in public reporting: He is the one who drives the train.
Individual evidence
- ^ Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of April 26, 1924, No. 17. Announcement No. 393, p. 227.
- ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of July 29, 1933, No. 34. Announcement No. 399, p. 152.
- ↑ DB Ril 408.0301, announcement 10A on December 1st, 2012