Presenting the information on the measures taken to prevent the coronavirus infection of COVID-19, the KORAIL Corporation invites OSJD member countries to exchange experiences and best practices related to the passenger safety.

Prophylactic measures to prevent the coronavirus infection of COVID-19

In the office premises:

- the use of individual medical masks;

- providing a mouthwash rinser and disposable drink glasses;

- providing hand antiseptic liquids and medical thermometers;

- minimizing the contacts between employees, their movements between floors and rooms;

- remote presentations of official reports and business negotiations using Internet resources and telephone communications;

- monitoring and measuring the temperature of employees three times a day (before, during, and after work).

At the railway stations:

- strengthening of the sanitary-disinfection measures, especially in places where people have hand contacts with various items, including toilets, on the contact surfaces of ticket-selling automatic machines and snacks/drinks vending machines, in elevators, etc.;

- installation of thermal imagers and thermal vision cameras;

- use by all employees and railway workers of protective masks and gloves;

- minimization of physical contacts with passengers, wider use of vending machines, mobile applications, Internet, etc. for buying and issuing of tickets.

In trains:

- disinfection of trains before and after running;

- preventive measures upon arrival of trains at the depot;

- sale of seats by the windows (if possible, when the number of sold seats is less than 50%).

Other measures:

- temporarily suspend the running of touristic trains;

- provide a free travel for medical volunteers in order to precede to the work places and back.