Readiness for departure

Departure order at the train station in Saalfeld (Saale)

The departure readiness is a term from the railway operation , which must be present so that a summarizing train a Abfahrauftrag may be granted.

Procedure

No train is allowed to depart unless its driver has received a departure order. Readiness for departure and departure order are thus part of the measures to secure train journeys .

In order to be ready to leave, a number of conditions must be met. These are created by the local staff at the operations center and the train staff in precisely defined individual steps. Train drivers and - if available - train drivers , train attendants , conductors and local supervision (train supervision) are involved in this.

The train supervisor determines that the train is ready to depart . It exists when

• the train is prepared for departure ; this essentially includes that
  • the vehicles are correctly coupled to each other ,
  • the technical inspection has been carried out, if necessary,
  • the train signals are attached,
  • if necessary, a brake calculation has been carried out,
  • the brake test has been carried out,
• the passengers got on and off ,
• the loading activity is stopped ,
• the outer doors are closed and
• the additional conditions of the railway undertaking have been implemented.

When the local supervisor has determined that the vehicle is ready to leave, it issues the departure order with the departure signal Zp 9 or verbally after the dispatcher has approved the departure . If the train driver is responsible for train supervision, i.e. there is no separate train driver and no local supervision, the departure order (self-handling) does not apply.

literature

• Hans-Joachim Kirsche: Departure order . In: Lexicon of the Railway. 5th edition, Berlin 1978, p. 12.
• Hans-Joachim Kirsche: Ready to go . In: Lexicon of the Railway. 5th edition, Berlin 1978, p. 12.