Recent topics on human science research

Abstract

From the point of view of the safety, convenience and comfortability of railways, the Human Science Division of Railway Technical Research Institute has been conducting research on the education and training of employees and the improvement of onboard environment and station environment. This paper outlines the recent topics on the human science research of the counter-measures against human errors, and the proposals for improving the convenience and comfortability of railway passengers, and then explain its future prospects.