passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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At the end of January, five people were killed when drones hit a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, setting three carriages on fire. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026 Denver International Airport recently received more than two dozen new passenger train cars which have already begun to replace the existing vehicles that have carried passengers since the airport opened 31 years ago. Logan Smith, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026 This is another Mexican passenger train that’s no longer running. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 If a passenger train were to operate, its top speed would be 59 mph, too slow to compete with highway travel. F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 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 18 Feb. 2026.

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