Dead mileage

Similar terms in the UK include empty coaching stock (ECS) move[1] and dead in tow (DIT).

The term deadheading or jumpseating also applies to the practice of allowing employees of a common carrier to travel in a vehicle as a non-revenue passenger.

Dead mileage incurs costs for the operator in terms of non-revenue earning fuel use, wages, and a reduction in the driver's legal availability for revenue-generating driving.

Often changing routes slightly (and ensuring high on time performance) can greatly increase the useful time-to-dead-mileage ratio for both crew and vehicles.

Artificial intelligence and other data science techniques can be used in a connected platform to predict and allocate loads in real-time and meet on-demand requests.

A Transperth bus is doing a dead mileage run back to the depot, so the destination sign reads "Not in Service 000".