How to Use commuter train in a Sentence

commuter train

noun

• The heavy commuter train and light rail run on electric power.
  — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
• The commuter train remained halted on the tracks.
  — CBS News, 26 May 2026
• These days, audiences can be in their bedroom, on a commuter train or in a coffee shop.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
• The toilet, the jammed commuter train, the garbage can, all replete with loneliness.
  — Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• That led staff to stop a second commuter train at the station, where it was struck by a long-distance commuter train.
  — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
• Truckers can’t hop on a commuter train or a subway to make their deliveries, the suit says.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024
• How spontaneous is the crew in choosing to, say, send you off on a commuter train in Mumbai?
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
• Believe it or not, one of the best ways to take in the botanical scenery is from a window seat on an everyday commuter train.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
• The overground commuter train left on time but stopped 20 minutes short of its destination.
  — Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• The commuter train crashed near the town of Gelida, about 35 minutes from Barcelona.
  — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
• Station staff then stopped the second commuter train, which led to the long-distance train crashing into it, the department said.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
• The rail project will connect Fort Collins and Denver with a commuter train that uses existing rail lines.
  — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
• My day began normally with a trip on the Metra SouthWest commuter train.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
• The fastest — and least crowded — way to get to the Major League Baseball stadiums is by commuter train.
  — James McClellan, Curbed, 10 July 2026
• Besides, it was rumored that all commuter train activity was suspended.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
• The Coaster provides commuter train service to eight stations from San Diego to Oceanside.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
  — Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
• Several days later, a commuter train near Barcelona derailed, killing the driver and injuring dozens of other people.
  — Hernan Muñoz, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
• Debris on railroad tracks caused an Amtrak commuter train to derail near Porta Costa; no one was injured.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Mar. 2023
• Police said the collision happened between the SUV and a Metra commuter train.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 9 Dec. 2025
• The four people killed on a Chicagoland commuter train early on the morning of Labor Day appeared to be sleeping when they were fatally shot.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
• Millions of passengers ride the transport hub’s high-speed trains that link Paris to other cities and its commuter train services to the suburbs and towns in the Paris region.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Trinity Metro is extending the commuter train line to the Near Southside and medical district.
  — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
• Days after the accident in January, a commuter train near Barcelona struck a collapsed retaining wall and derailed, killing one person.
  — Samuel Granados, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
• The toll revenue has already been earmarked for crucial repairs and upgrades to the city’s deteriorating subway system, buses and two commuter train lines.
  — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
• Season two follows a Berlin commuter train overtaken during rush hour, trapping hundreds of passengers in a high-stakes hostage situation.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 11 Dec. 2025
• Regular commuter train and ferry services guarantee a fast and convenient commute to New York City.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
• Last week, a long-distance train slammed into a commuter train that had stopped near a station just outside the capital of Jakarta, after hitting a taxi that had broken down in the middle of the tracks.
  — ABC News, 6 May 2026
• One person was struck and killed by an A Line heavy commuter train traveling to Denver Union Station on Sunday night.
  — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 18 May 2026
• Shemberger’s Hyundai Elantra was hit by the commuter train, ejecting his wife, who was in the backseat and fatally injuring his grandson, who was in the front passenger seat.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025