traincrew

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahere

Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre

Old French traïnerder.

Old French trainder.

Middle English trayne

English train

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti

Latin crēscere

Old French creistre

Old French creuebor.

Middle English crue

English crew

English traincrew

From train + crew.

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• train crew

Translations

crew of employees that operate a railway train

• German: Zugpersonal (de) n, Zugbegleitpersonal n