passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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By increasing capacity, the project could improve both freight and passenger train reliability and frequency. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Anyone who has sat on a passenger train is familiar with the delays caused by the lumbering passage of freight. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025 The last passenger train departing from Cincinnati’s Union Terminal in 1972 marked the end of an era. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 One of the blasts blew out the windows of a passenger train carrying about 500 people. Arkansas Online, 25 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 28 Aug. 2025.

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