diff --git a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/HelperMethods.h b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/HelperMethods.h
index 4468528865d3b..8ee4ee9257643 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/HelperMethods.h
+++ b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/HelperMethods.h
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ struct HelperMethods {
 
   static int getLinkIDfromHCID(int hcid)
   {
-    //return a number in range [0:29] for the link related to this hcid with in its respective CRU
-    //lower 15 is endpoint 0 and upper 15 is endpoint 1
-    //a side has 30, c side has 30 to give 60 links for a supermodule
+    // return a number in range [0:29] for the link related to this hcid with in its respective CRU
+    // lower 15 is endpoint 0 and upper 15 is endpoint 1
+    // a side has 30, c side has 30 to give 60 links for a supermodule
     int sector = hcid / constants::NHCPERSEC;
     return getORIinSuperModule(hcid) + constants::NHCPERSEC * sector;
   }
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ struct HelperMethods {
     mcm = (row % constants::NMCMROBINROW) * constants::NMCMROBINCOL + (mcmCol % constants::NMCMROBINCOL);
     channel = constants::NADCMCM - 1 - ((chamberIndex % constants::NCHANNELSPERROW) % constants::NADCMCM);
   }
+
+  static int getMCMCol(int irob, int imcm)
+  {
+    // calculate the column number of the MCM within the TRD detector
+    return (imcm % constants::NMCMROBINCOL) + constants::NMCMROBINCOL * (irob % 2);
+  }
 };
 
 } // namespace trd
diff --git a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/Tracklet64.h b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/Tracklet64.h
index 7801427799ee8..d60b2141f0ea1 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/Tracklet64.h
+++ b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/include/DataFormatsTRD/Tracklet64.h
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ class Tracklet64
   GPUd() int getHCID() const { return ((mtrackletWord & hcidmask) >> hcidbs); };       // no units 0..1079
   GPUd() int getPadRow() const { return ((mtrackletWord & padrowmask) >> padrowbs); }; // pad row number [0..15]
   GPUd() int getPadCol() const;                                                        // estimate the pad column number from the tracklet offset (can be off by +-1 pad)
+  GPUd() float PadPositionMCM() const;                                                 // pad position within the MCM
+  GPUd() float PadPosition() const;                                                    // pad position within the TRD chamber
+  GPUd() float UncalibratedPad() const;                                                // uncalibrated pad number corresponding to tracklet position
+  GPUd() float Slope() const;                                                          // slope of tracklet in pad units per timebin
   GPUd() int getColumn() const { return ((mtrackletWord & colmask) >> colbs); };       // column refers to MCM position in column direction on readout board [0..3]
   GPUd() int getPosition() const { return ((mtrackletWord & posmask) >> posbs); };     // in units of 1/40 pads, 11 bit granularity
   GPUd() int getSlope() const { return ((mtrackletWord & slopemask) >> slopebs); };    // in units of 1/1000 pads/timebin, 8 bit granularity
diff --git a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/src/Tracklet64.cxx b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/src/Tracklet64.cxx
index 35879fcec09e3..04cefc821adf6 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/src/Tracklet64.cxx
+++ b/DataFormats/Detectors/TRD/src/Tracklet64.cxx
@@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ GPUd() int Tracklet64::getPadCol() const
   return CAMath::Nint(6.f + mcmCol * ((float)NCOLMCM) + padLocal);
 }
 
+GPUd() float Tracklet64::PadPositionMCM() const
+{
+  return 12.0 - (getPositionBinSigned() * GRANULARITYTRKLPOS);
+}
+
+GPUd() float Tracklet64::PadPosition() const
+{
+  // int padLocalBin = tracklet.getPosition() ^ 0x80;
+  float padMCM = PadPositionMCM();
+  int mcmCol = HelperMethods::getMCMCol(getROB(), getMCM());
+  return float((mcmCol + 1) * NCOLMCM) + 2.0 - padMCM;
+}
+
+GPUd() float Tracklet64::UncalibratedPad() const
+{
+  float y = getUncalibratedY();
+  int mcmCol = (getMCM() % NMCMROBINCOL) + NMCMROBINCOL * (getROB() % 2);
+  // one pad column has 144 pads, the offset of -63 is the center of the first MCM in that column
+  // which is connected to the pads -63 - 9 = -72 to -63 + 9 = -54
+  // float offset = -63.f + ((float)NCOLMCM) * mcmCol;
+  float padWidth = 0.635f + 0.03f * (getDetector() % NLAYER);
+  return y / padWidth + 71.0;
+}
+
+GPUd() float Tracklet64::Slope() const
+{
+  return getSlopeBinSigned() * GRANULARITYTRKLSLOPE / ADDBITSHIFTSLOPE;
+}
+
 #ifndef GPUCA_GPUCODE_DEVICE
 void Tracklet64::printStream(std::ostream& stream) const
 {