local train
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[edit]Noun
[edit]local train (plural local trains)
- (rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.
- 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53:
- For all the attention on express trains, it's often local trains that tip the railway into congestion.
Usage notes
[edit]Local train is especially used to distinguish between an express train (and/or semi-express train) serving the same route.
2024 December 24, “stations & lines”, in Map of NYC commuter rail[1], retrieved 2021-01-26:
- Each train line is called "Local" or "Express":
* Local Train: Trains stop at all stations without exception.
* Express Train: trains stop only every 2, 3, 4 or 5 stations depending on the NYC locations served.
Otherwise, if all trains have the same schedule (such as a line serving a branch track in a rural area), local train can be considered redundant, since there is no distinction to other trains, although it is not necessarily wrong.
Synonyms
[edit]- accommodation train (US)
- commuter train (esp. if primarily used by or intended for commuters)
- non-express train
- parliamentary train (UK, dated, especially if stops are made for legal reasons and not any actual/significant passenger demand)
- slow train
- stopping train (Br.)
- stopper (Br.)
- way-train (US)
Antonyms
[edit]- express train
- express (provided that context implies “train”)
- fast train
- crack train (US, dialect, dated)
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Regional rail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia