Russia (bbabo.net), - Moscow's first female electric train driver Sofya Dorofeeva on Friday went on an independent trip on a suburban electric train of the Paveletsky direction of the Moscow Railways. This was reported in the press service of the Moscow railway.

Sofya Dorofeeva is one of 12 women who came to the Moscow Railways in January 2021 as an assistant driver, and the first of them to master the profession of an electric train driver.

"In November, she received a certificate of the right to drive rolling stock. The training took place at the Likhoborsk division of the Moscow Training Center for Professional Qualifications of Russian Railways," the press service said. "And after completing an internship under the guidance of an experienced driver, she went on her first independent flight." .

Recall that women were allowed to drive trains due to changes made by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation to the list of professions available to women, and the program of Russian Railways for the training of female assistant drivers and machinists. Currently, five girls work as assistants to the driver of electric trains in radial directions at the Moscow Railways, four - at the MCC, two women work as assistants to the driver of locomotive crews of long-distance passenger trains.

bbabo.Net