No safety vests for conductors NS

NS does not intend to equip conductors with a safety vest. Those were suggestions after Monday showed that NS in the new tender for these vests had entered the ability to accommodate increasing the number to 10,000. Initially only the replacement of 700 vests Safety & Service employees. But NS says that such a margin is normal.

 

This allows the rail carrier know in response to the tender. According to NS is the standard that a contract shall include the possibility of ordering higher quantities than are needed. “Should there be need vests in the future, this train does not launch new tender to acquire the armor.”

 

Safety reflective vests

Now it’s wearing only employees engaged in security at NS Such vests and need to be replaced. Therefore NS Monday issued a tender for the new vests. It initially pinpoint the replacement of 700 jackets, but also includes the ability to deliver accommodate up to 10,000 employees’ from the second delivery year or when changing safety. “NS stressed, however, in a reaction to have no plans as well to equip conductors with a safety vest.

 

These vests with reflective tape protect the V & S employees from attacks by weapons and physical mewled. Verde let the carrier know aggression to counteract in other ways, such as shutting down the stations with turnstiles, the deployment of field agents and extra surveillance. Moreover, the carrier will improve public safety by from June on nights after 22:00 standard two conductors on the train and mobile V & S teams on the other nights.