Abstract
In this article 80 Loco Pilots of Indian Railways participated and screened for deployment on EMUs in Mumbai sub-urban as Motorman. Their mental chronometry and cognitive efficiency through discrimination reaction test (DRT) for acquired reflexes measured. Psycho motor performance of left, right hand and foot was studied while responding associated color signals. The mean reaction time was lowest in case of yellow color associated to left hand comparing to green and red color associated to right hand and foot respectively. The correlation coefficient of age and experience with DRT of participants was found positive but not statistically significant. The positive correlation coefficient in case of working experience and DRT is indeed a good sign of inert aptitude of train driving staff of the Indian Railways. Further, based on ‘t’ values, it can be concluded that the difference between DRT means for yellow, green and red color associated to hands and foot is significant at (p<0.01) level of significance. Results discussed at length and intervention to improve the DRT suggested.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-3, issue-2: 102-107
Highlights
Indian Railways has been serving the people of India since 1853 and covering almost 160 years of its operation
Before computing the correlation coefficients the scores of discrimination reaction test (DRT) were converted into the reverse order as interpretation of Reaction Time is higher the score poor is the performance
The magnitude of the correlation coefficient in case of experience with DRT is very negligible indicating that there is no effect on the performance of DRT as participants are gaining the experience
Summary
Indian Railways has been serving the people of India since 1853 and covering almost 160 years of its operation. The Indian Railways operated as a great integrating drive and lend a hand to the economic structure of India. Indian Railways (IR) enjoys the monopoly over Indian railway transport, but it is one of the second largest and busiest rail networks in the world. The Mumbai Suburban Railway consists of rapid transit on exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs to serve the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Mumbai sub-urban covers almost distance equal to moon in one week. The passenger density on Western Railway route is sixty thousand passengers per km per day which is highest among all the leading Metro Railways of the world (Safety book, WR, 2015)
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