THE IMPACT OF LEGAL CHANGES ON THE SYSTEM OF TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OF TRAIN DRIVERS IN POLAND - EVALUATION OF ITS FUNCTIONING
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58246/sj-economics.v58i3.696Keywords:
Rail transport, Office of Rail Transport, rail transport safety, driver education, IT technologies, rail vehicle simulator, Driver Examination and Monitoring Center, Driver Training CenterAbstract
On January 1, 2023, many significant legislative changes were introduced in the area of training and examination of Polish train drivers, which forced railway carriers and entities training drivers to adapt to the new realities. On January 1, 2023, the Train Driver Examination and Monitoring Center was also established and operates at the Office of Railway Transport. Therefore, the aim of the article is to describe the effects of implementing new legal solutions in the field of train drivers, based on the collected experience and opinions of instructors.
The article was derived from the analysis of formal and legal documents and normative acts in force in the described area, observations made and research carried out as part of a research project conducted by the Railway Personnel Education Center operating at the Association of the Institute of Environmental and Transport Economics in Legnica. This study is a contribution to the ongoing research, thus providing a basis for further considerations in the discussed area.
The article was prepared as part of the project entitled “Sustainable and Safe Railway Transport in Poland and Lithuania”, implemented under the Erasmus+ Programme, contract no. 2024-1-PL01-KA210-VET-000257299, “Sustainable and Safe Railway Transport in Poland and Lithuania”.
The project is carried out under Key Action 2 – Cooperation among Organisations and Institutions: Small-scale Partnerships, co-financed by the European Social Fund, within a partnership between the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) – the National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme and the European Solidarity Corps, based in Warsaw, and the Institute of Environmental Economics and Transport Association, based in Legnica.
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