At the Electric Transportation Service (Mr.STE) Mexico City assess and prepare new elevated trolleybus operators. Employees come from Route 14, which ran between Constitution of 1917 and Santa Marta, on axis 8 south, and now it will be a company that cooperates in the operation of this transport system.
AS WELL ASl STE CEO Martin López Delgado,He assured that the transition from a minibus to a trolleybus is not difficult, but requires special training.
“The trolleybus does not have the maneuverability that a minibus or bus has, because it is different. They (operators) must be prepared to move along the trolleybus lane, to perform overtaking maneuvers in case the lane is closed or vehicles are parked, construction work is underway or any other situation that prevents the trolleybus from moving along the lane. their preferential strip,” he explained in an interview Bulletin of Mexico.
will be next September 11 cWhen the local authorities give you Banner to the elevated trolleybus.
To do this, route 14 proposed 65 operators, who will be subjected to a skills test in the first stage. These include handling the device under various conditions such as zigzagging, reversing between a box of cones, stopping the device at a sign on asphalt, and other tests.
In this case, it is mainly checked that the operators check the condition of the device and the use of mirrors, as well as maneuverability among other elements.
After that, they are subjected to tests: psychometric, toxicological and psychological.
As you go through the filters, theoretical and practical training follows. In the classroom they are taught general knowledge, and then they go out into the street.
First, without a ticket and with an instructor, they circulate along the Central Axis and through the Free Municipality, and then with people.
The final test will take place when the elevated overpass is ready, on which the unit will operate on a track with a length of more than 7 kilometers.
The Director of the Electric Transport Service stressed that operators are required to be in good health in order to avoid any accidents. In addition to a psychological test to make sure they are in optimal conditions.
In addition, one of the training priorities is user service.
“During the training, they are given information about how they should treat users, that they should be polite, that they should be present and answer questions,” Lopez emphasized.
Trolleybuses on this new route will finally be served by 32 operators.
STE operational training coordinator Jorge Daniel Vasquez Hernandez assured that they were going to be taught to drive under the characteristics of a trolleybus.
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Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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