Meanings
plural traincrews · alternative train crew
- rail transportThe crew of employees that operate a railway train.
This has included, for example, getting French railway driving licences for traincrew, as cross acceptance will cease in a no deal scenario.
2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 202 more examples
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.
2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Exeter Train Care Depot”, in RAIL, number 940, page 51Traincrew 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.
2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
- Latincrēscere
- Old Frenchcreistre
- Old Frenchcreue
- Middle Englishcrue
- Englishcrew
- Englishtraincrew
Translations
German Zugpersonal, Zugbegleitpersonal
- Zugpersonalcrew of employees that operate a railway train
- Zugbegleitpersonalcrew of employees that operate a railway train
Cite this entry
traincrew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traincrew
“traincrew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traincrew. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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