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local trains

local trains is the plural of local train.

Meaning of local train

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

Questions about local trains

What is local trains the plural of?
Local trains is the plural of local train.

Words near local trains in the dictionary

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

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