passenger train

noun

: a train that people use for traveling

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At least seven people were killed and more than 104 injured after a bridge collapsed on a passenger train traveling through western Russia's Bryansk region Saturday night — sending debris and several trucks onto the train compartments below. Charles Maynes, NPR, 2 June 2025 Around 100 people were taken hostage on a passenger train hijacked by armed militants in a remote area of the Balochistan region of Pakistan—with the attackers threatening to execute them. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 But the bandits showed up early and instead held up a passenger train along the same track. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025 On February 27, 2002, a passenger train stopped in Godhra, a city in Gujarat. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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