passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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The man was apparently walking on the tracks when he was hit by an Amtrak passenger train, causing massive injuries, authorities said. Harry Harris, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said. CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025 About one-fifth of the total has been for safety initiatives, largely in response to an epidemic of fatalities that make Brightline the deadliest major passenger train in the country. Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025 Thousands of white people began to pour into Owensboro by passenger train, freight train, bus, car, airplane, and on foot. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger train

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“Passenger train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20train. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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