The development of the tasks of train drivers in the future

Kurzfassung

In this article, we discuss whether and how the future tasks of train drivers will differ from the current ones and how an efficient task sharing between human operators and technology could look like. In addition, we will name the stakeholders who carry innovative tasks and task-sharing concepts further and summarize important questions to be pursued by future research. These contents base on considerations pursued within the scope of the project “Next Generation Train” of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).