passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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The driver of a passenger car was killed Thursday morning after a head-on collision with a school bus on eastbound Manhattan-Monee Road, just west of School House Road in Will County. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026 The impact caused part of the third rail to impale the vehicle’s gas tank and shred the first passenger car of the train. Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026 The best—and arguably most fun—way to support them is by booking a seat on a vintage stainless steel passenger car for one of their many excursions now boarding in Nashville. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026 More than half of new passenger car sales in China are electrified, and electrification of heavy trucks is accelerating now as well, creating a drag on diesel demand. Andrew Winston, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger car

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.

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