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Record 1 2021-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

A task allotted to a railway employee or crew.

OBS

The designation "assignment" is sometimes used as a shortened form of "assignment crew," "assignment locomotive" or "assignment train."

OBS

assignment: designation and definition officially approved by the Rail Terminology Approval Committee.

PHR

road assignment, switching assignment, yard assignment

PHR

assignment crew, assignment locomotive, assignment train

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
DEF

Tâche assignée à un employé ou à une équipe d'un chemin de fer.

OBS

En anglais, la désignation «assignment» est parfois employée de façon elliptique pour désigner une équipe responsable d'une affection, une locomotive utilisée pour une affectation ou encore un train qui fait l'objet d'une affectation.

OBS

affectation : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie ferroviaire.

PHR

affectation de ligne, affectation de manœuvre, affectation de triage

PHR

équipe d'affectation, locomotive d'affectation, train d'affectation

Spanish

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