passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

Examples of passenger train in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Full passenger train service between San Diego and Orange counties is expected to resume Monday after the completion of a barrier wall to protect the railroad tracks from a San Clemente landslide triggered by seasonal rains. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024 The strike on long-distance and regional passenger train services began at 2 a.m. (0100 GMT) Thursday. Kirsten Grieshaber, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024 In September, another three hundred boarded a passenger train to Sinuiju, and two hundred were repatriated by plane. Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024 The passenger train, carrying hundreds of people, was evacuated, said Michael Meyers, the assistant chief of the New York City Fire Department. Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024 Many of the victims were university students heading back to class after a public holiday when their passenger train slammed into an oncoming cargo train after the two were accidentally put onto the same track heading in opposite directions. Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024 When the wall is completed, probably in less than a month, passenger train service is expected to resume. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024 The slipping slopes have halted passenger train service through the town for nearly two weeks; the Mariposa Bridge over the city’s popular beach trail was also damaged and a section had to be removed. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024 An Amtrak passenger train derailed in Colorado on Monday night after hitting a truck hauling a tanker of milk, sending at least three people to the hospital, authorities said. Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024

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“Passenger train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20train. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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