Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring more than 55 chapters addressing the following topics: ¢ Passengers and public ¢ Driver performance and workload ¢ Driving and cognition ¢ Train cab and interfaces: simulation and design ¢ Routes, signage, signals and drivability ¢ Signalling and control of the railway ¢ Planning for the railway ¢ Engineering work and maintenance ¢ Level crossings ¢ Accidents and safety ¢ Human error and human reliability ¢ SPADs: signals passed at danger ¢ Human factors integration and standards ¢ Impairments to performance ¢ Staff competencies and training. People and Rail Systems: Human Factors at the Heart of the Railway will be invaluable for all those concerned with making railways safer, more reliable, of higher quality and more efficient. It will be essential reading for policy-makers, researchers and industry around the world.

'While building off their first volume, the editors chose to expand their scope and at the same time focus on very topical issues, such as safety culture and climate, interplay of workload and fatigue on system safety, sleep disorders and human reliability analysis. ... Human factors research in the rail-road industry has been slowly increasing, though it still lags behind other transportation modes. The scientific reports provided in this text represent state-of-the-art knowledge and should be of use to other researchers, regulators, manufacturers, and operators.' Ergonomics in Design, Summer 2008

John Wilson is Professor of Occupational Ergonomics in the School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also Director of the University's Institute for Occupational Ergonomics and Director of the Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART). Beverley Norris is Research Manager in the Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, UK. Theresa Clarke is Head of Ergonomics at Network Rail, UK. Ann Mills is Principal Human Factors Specialist at the Rail Safety and Standards Board, UK.