express train

noun

: a train that has very few stops

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The hotel is located behind the Royal Palace and is only a 10-minute walk from Nationaltheatret station station, where the airport express train comes in. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024 The express train will make stops at stations in San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale, arriving at San Jose’s Diridon Station at 6:18 p.m. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 The accident effectively halted the southbound inaugural run of an express train that originated in West Palm Beach and was headed for the MiamiCentral station. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024 The accident happened after the driver of the freight train disregarded a signal and hit the rear end of the express train, Sinha added. Reuters, NBC News, 17 June 2024 The train robbed in Rondout was heading to Minneapolis and was strictly a mail and express train, with no passenger cars. Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024 Emma Smits, an AT&T customer, was on the Metra express train into Chicago. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 But Conan Doyle, undeterred, leaped aboard the express train to Neverland. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 Set entirely on an express train to New Delhi, the film follows Indian army commandos Amrit and Viresh, who are on a mission to rescue Amrit’s girlfriend Tulika. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023

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“Express train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20train. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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