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Male train drivers in Sweden have come up with a way of staying cool in the summer after their company banned the wearing of shorts. The men are wearing skirts to work as they do not appear on the list of clothing that forms the uniform code for rail staff. The drivers' , the transportation company Arriva, instilled the on shorts after it took over in January. Drivers had previously worn them for years when got hot in the summer. The in the drivers' cabin can reach 35 degrees, which is ten degrees above what the World Health Organisation deems to be a working environment.

Arriva's communications Tomas Hedenius told a local newspaper that the company did not mind men wearing skirts. He said: "Our thinking is that one should look and proper when Arriva and the present do that. If the man wants to wear a skirt, then that is OK." He added: "To tell them to do something else would be ." Driver Martin Akersten said his didn't seem to have any problems with his uniform. He said: “Of course people stare at you a when you are on the , but you just have to put up with it….So far no-one has said anything." He added: "I don't mind as it's more about ." Arriva is set to discuss its dress again later this year.

 


 
 

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