Ward clerk

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At the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the assistant to the station board was designated as station officer . Today's job title in Germany and Switzerland is rail operations dispatcher. You work mainly at small train stations , regulate stationary rail traffic , handle the luggage service and sell tickets. Station officials could be promoted to station master.

Due to the austerity measures taken by the Swiss Federal Railways and other railway companies, this profession has largely died out as small train stations have been automated.