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Active Oldest Votes 15 These stops are fairly common for trains running for over 10 hours. The main reasons are two-fold: maximum working time for the drivers, conductors and crews, and administrative planning. After several disasters due to driver fatigues, drivers and train conductors may not work for over 8 hours before having a required rest period (10 hours in certain cases; but 8-hour shift remains recommended and the rule of thumb). A shift change for drivers will be required in Xuzhou in any case. Although this alone usually does not require a 28-minute stop. There are additional jurisdictional and...
