train dispatcher
Track traffic controller
A train dispatcher is the person who controls train movements over a section of railroad, coordinating schedules, authorizing departures, and ensuring safe spacing between trains.
Dispatchers communicate with engineers and signal operators, managing traffic flow and responding to delays or emergencies: The train dispatcher rerouted freight traffic around the derailment.
- railroadPermanent track for trains
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- controllerDevice directing a system
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- tracksMarks showing passage
track switch · schedule · freight · locomotive · freight car · station · tower · radio · timetable · routes · yards · throttle · delays · switches · control tower · clearance · all clear · communication
- transit workersbus driver, subway operator, metro driver, streetcar driver, trolley driver
- dispatchers911 operator, emergency operator
- railroad workersrailroad engineer, switchman, brakeman, conductor, yardmaster
- traffic controllerstraffic cop, traffic officer, traffic warden, crossing guard, flagger
- telegraph jobstelegrapher, wireless operator, cable operator
train dispatchertrain engineer
Locomotive operator
locomotive engineer · train driver · engine driver · train operator · engineer
train, dispatcher, trains, trained, training, trainer, trainee, trainable, retraining