restaurant car

noun

chiefly British
: a railroad car in which meals are served

Examples of restaurant car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Three-course meals in the stately restaurant car and black-tie parties set to live music in the bar car round out the onboard entertainment. Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024 In addition to guest quarters, the train will include a restaurant car, where lunch, dinner, and afternoon tea will be served. Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024 The lookalikes also had to feature the same carriages, including the bar car, the restaurant car, and the kitchen. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 July 2023 But in 2019, someone in the head office of Turkish State Railways had the idea to introduce a variant of the Eastern Express, a service that would be limited to two-person sleepers plus a restaurant car. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023 The impact of the collision left the passenger train's restaurant car on top of two other cars. Will Gretsky, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2023 Many of the fatalities were near the front of the train, in the restaurant car and first carriages. Peter Weber, The Week, 1 Mar. 2023

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“Restaurant car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restaurant%20car. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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