Abstract: Security,stability and punctuality of rail transport train not only request various technical standards of hardware facilities,but also call for higher requirements of rail transport drivers quality and business skills. According to work environment and job characteristics of rail transport drivers,combined with literature review and behavioral event interview,this study established competence questionnaires of rail transport drivers, then built the competency model of rail transport drivers based on statistical analysis of 1080 questionnaires. The model included professional skills characteristics,professional psychological characteristics, career-based characteristics and professional theory characteristics. It had four dimensions,17 indicators. Meanwhile,the study also verified each dimension with AMOS software. Results show that the rail transport competency model is scientific and practical,and it will provide references for the management of rail transport drivers.