diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
index 9c83ed987..0cbe9c277 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ interface BookingWindowRow {
   route_stations: string[] | null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Dispatch crew gate (ITLMS Rolling Stock §1.2). Temporarily disabled so a
+ * train can depart with no crew assigned; set back to true to enforce.
+ */
+const ENFORCE_CREW_GATE_ON_DISPATCH = false;
+
 @Injectable()
 export class TrainSchedulingService {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(TrainSchedulingService.name);
@@ -3198,7 +3204,11 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     // Stock §1.2 enforces composition "prior to departure", so an incomplete
     // crew saves freely on the assignment page but cannot depart. Optional
     // dependency: the positional spec constructors omit it.
-    await this.trainCrewAssignments?.assertCrewReadyForDispatch(scheduleId);
+    // TODO(crew-gate): temporarily off so trains can dispatch with no crew
+    // assigned. Flip ENFORCE_CREW_GATE_ON_DISPATCH once crew rostering is in use.
+    if (ENFORCE_CREW_GATE_ON_DISPATCH) {
+      await this.trainCrewAssignments?.assertCrewReadyForDispatch(scheduleId);
+    }
     // Staff may record the departure after the fact — past is fine, future is not.
     const now = dto.actualDepartureAt ? new Date(dto.actualDepartureAt) : new Date();
     this.assertNotFuture(now, 'Departure time');
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/bookings/OperationRescheduleModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/bookings/OperationRescheduleModal.tsx
index 8fa1d5c46..0e31ceff4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/bookings/OperationRescheduleModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/bookings/OperationRescheduleModal.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import {
   useBookingDetail,
   useBookingMutations,
 } from "@/hooks/bookings/useBookings";
+import {
+  eatDay,
+  exportTrainOption,
+  isExportRailBooking,
+} from "@/features/bookings/shipmentDay";
 
 export interface OperationRescheduleModalProps {
   bookingId: string;