goods train

noun

British
: a train that carries goods : freight train

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The train then entered another line, and crashed into a goods train that was parked there. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 June 2023 An express passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in the Balasore district of the eastern state of Odisha on June 2. Bibhudatta Pradhan, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023 According to senior railway officials, the Coromandel Express, a high-speed train that was traveling from Kolkata to Chennai, was diverted onto a loop line and slammed into a heavy goods train idled at Bahanaga Bazar railway station. Ivan Watson, CNN, 5 June 2023 The train entered another line, known as the loop line, and crashed into a goods train parked there, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Rafiq Maqbool and Ashok Sharma, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023 Two South Eastern Railway passenger trains containing 2,300 passengers total were derailed in the crash that also involved one goods train. Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2023

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“Goods train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goods%20train. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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