Feeling tired and stressed can have an impact on train drivers’ performance but new research shows that age and experience can help protect against some of these negative effects.
Level crossing warning horns have been accused of causing noise pollution and having a negative effect on local areas, so are their safety benefits enough to outweigh their disadvantages?
We deliver engineering, scientific and consulting capabilities supported by niche manufacturing. We offer our Human Factors services across all industries with a specialism in Rail and Mass Transit.
Pendyne is a multi-skilled engineering consultancy delivering innovative solutions to complex projects across rail, automotive, aerospace, and defence industries, to clients in the UK and overseas.
Rail passengers with mobility problems can be vulnerable to trips and falls as they navigate stations and trains but new research into hazard hotspots could help create safer transport infrastructure.
The vital of role of non-technical skills in the rail industry has come under the spotlight in a new study, including a prediction about which of the skills could become more important with the rise in automation.
Arup is a multidisciplinary engineering and management consultancy. We work across a range of sectors from rail and highways through to the energy sector. Our Human Factors team place all users at the heart of the design for both digital and built environment design solutions.
Overcrowded trains are putting some rail passengers off, but a range of measures to keep travellers better informed and ease their movement around stations could help tackle the problem.
