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local train

local train noun: a train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.

Noun

local train (plural local trains)

  1. A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.
    • For all the attention on express trains, it's often local trains that tip the railway into congestion.2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53
    Synonyms:
    accommodation train, commuter train, non-express train, slow train, stopping train, stopper, way-train

Synonyms of local train

Antonyms

Forms of local train

plurallocal trains

Questions about local train

What does local train mean?
Local train means a train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.
What part of speech is local train?
Local train is a noun.
What is the plural of local train?
The plural of local train is local trains.

Words near local train in the dictionary

  1. local taxi
  2. local taxies
  3. local taxis
  4. local time
  5. local times
  6. local train
  7. local trains
  8. Local Void
  9. Local Volume
  10. local yokel
  11. local yokels

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