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mail train

mail train noun: a train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.

Noun

mail train (plural mail trains)

  1. A train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.
    • A journey from Mombasa to Kampala is by no means dull. The mail train consists of about 13 carriages, three first, three second, three or four third, a restaurant car and two or three old first class non-corridor carriages used as seconds. This comes to about 400 tons tare. In addition there are...1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
    • The slip took place near the village of Lahat, shortly after the passage of the up and down mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Penang.1955 December, “Notes and News: Track Subsidence in Malaya”, in Railway Magazine, page 877

mail train meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati

mail train in Tamil

அஞ்சல் தொடர்வண்டி

mail train in Urdu

ڈاک گاڑی

mail train in Kannada

ಅಂಚೆ ರೈಲು, ಮೈಲ್‌ಗಾಡಿ

mail train in Gujarati

mail train
ટપાલગાડી ṭapālgāḍī

Examples of mail train in a sentence

  • The mail train consists of about 13 carriages, three first, three second, three or four third, a restaurant car and two or three old first class non-corridor carriages used as seconds.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
  • There are special rooms where mail can be stored and stacked ready for despatch and accommodation with cooking facilities for T.P.O. crews who change from one mail train to another at Tamworth.1962 December, “New station at Tamworth”, in Modern Railways, page 385:
  • Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

Forms of mail train

pluralmail trains

Questions about mail train

What does mail train mean?
Mail train means a train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.
What is mail train in Tamil?
Mail train in Tamil is அஞ்சல் தொடர்வண்டி. See Mail train meaning in Tamil.
How do you use mail train in a sentence?
The mail train consists of about 13 carriages, three first, three second, three or four third, a restaurant car and two or three old first class non-corridor carriages used as seconds.
What part of speech is mail train?
Mail train is a noun.
What is the plural of mail train?
The plural of mail train is mail trains.

Words near mail train in the dictionary

  1. mail shirts
  2. mail slot
  3. mail slots
  4. mail stop
  5. mail stops
  6. mail train
  7. mail trains
  8. mail truck
  9. mail trucks
  10. mail user agent
  11. mail user agents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mail train (page history and authors); mail train (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mail train (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mail train (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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