traincrew

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English

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Etymology

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From train +‎ crew.

Noun

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traincrew (plural traincrews)

  1. (rail transport) The crew of employees that operate a railway train.
    • 2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20:
      This has included, for example, getting French railway driving licences for traincrew, as cross acceptance will cease in a no deal scenario.
    • 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Exeter Train Care Depot”, in RAIL, number 940, page 51:
      All that is happily a thing of the past, following construction of a new combined engineering and traincrew depot to which some 450 frontline and managerial staff have been transferred.
    • 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:
      Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.

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