subway train

noun

: an underground train

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When a gunman opened fire on a subway train in 2022, Conductor Raven Haynes helped keep riders calm and directed them to another train across the platform that carried them to safety. John Samuelsen, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026 Faster than the subway train that will soon make thunder under Manhattan's busy streets. Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 After the first season found Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) unwittingly involved in the hijacking of a plane, Season 2 of the show takes things underground, as Sam is part of a hijacking of a U-Bahn subway train in Berlin, specifically on the U5 route. Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Mar. 2026 In late 1984, the 37-year-old Manhattan resident shot four Black teenagers on a subway train after one had asked him for $5, and instead of being treated as a murderous racist, Goetz was hailed by the tabloid press as a vigilante hero. The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subway train

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“Subway train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway%20train. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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