passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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Amtrak’s northeastern Acela, the fastest American passenger train, tops out at about 150 m.p.h. Tim Balk, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025 The 2023 train disaster in Tempe saw a passenger train collide head-on with an oncoming freight train. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025 An automobile sped around another car stopped for crossing signals on Wisconsin Highway 14 near Kenosha and into the path of a Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad electric passenger train heading south for Chicago at 70 mph. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 By the way, the Southern Crescent, the passenger train referred to in the song, is real, and still runs today. Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 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 13 Apr. 2025.

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