Abstract: As the railway safety operation staff, high-speed train drivers take important duty and are often under intense physical and psychological pressure. On the basis of collecting relevant operational business data of some railway transport companies, conducting surveys at units such as locomotive depots, interviewing some high-speed train drivers and carrying out survey questionnaires, the impact of single-driver duty mode on the occupational health of high-speed train drivers and the hidden danger that the health status of high-speed train drivers brings about to the safety operation of high-speed railways was researched andthe inadequacy of railway enterprises′ management and protection of high-speed train drivers′ occupational health wasanalyzed and some feasible suggestions were put forward. The results show that the requirement of the existing standards and regulations aiming for managing the occupational safety of high-speed train drivers is not clear enough. The single-driver duty mode brings out occupational health problems such as long work hours, fatigue and high psychological pressure, which needs to be further strengthened at the regulation level in order to ensure the safety and health of high-speed train drivers.

Key words: high-speed train drivers, single-driver duty mode, occupational safety and health, questionnaire, regulations