passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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Downed power lines in Fairfield caused massive delays and cancellations to passenger train services throughout Connecticut on Thursday and led to some cancellations in surrounding states. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025 Amtrak's California Zephyr passenger train departs Chicago Union Station on March 2, 2022. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 In Bryansk, a road overpass bridge collapsed, sending multiple vehicles plunging onto a passenger train bound for Moscow; seven people were killed and more than 70 others injured. Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 At least seven people were killed and more than 104 injured after a bridge collapsed on a passenger train traveling through western Russia's Bryansk region Saturday night — sending debris and several trucks onto the train compartments below. Charles Maynes, NPR, 2 June 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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