passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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The project has all kinds of problems, most recently that its draft business plan violates a state law that was passed a few years ago to try to get some portion of a passenger train running within the lifetime of your great-grandchildren. Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 Union Pacific owns the tracks where the passenger train derailed. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 7 May 2026 In October 2013, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 13 people. ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Forty-seven people died and more than 100 were injured when a speeding Burlington passenger train headed for California slammed into a train bound for Omaha, which had stopped at the Naperville station. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 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 13 May. 2026.

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