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parliamentary trains

parliamentary trains is the plural of parliamentary train.

Meaning of parliamentary train

Noun

parliamentary train (plural parliamentary trains)

  1. (UK, historical) Originally a requirement in the Railway Regulation Act 1844 for railways to run at least one train a day each way, at a cost to passengers of no more than one penny a mile, on every railway line in the country. Presently the term is used for passenger trains that serve a line or station only once a day or week to avoid the cost of applying for closure.
    • He [Gladstone] also required the operators to run 'Parliamentary Trains' - one each day calling at every station at a fare of not more than a penny per mile for Third Class.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 34

Questions about parliamentary trains

What is parliamentary trains the plural of?
Parliamentary trains is the plural of parliamentary train.

Words near parliamentary trains in the dictionary

  1. Parliamentary red
  2. parliamentary republic
  3. parliamentary republics
  4. Parliamentary Secretary
  5. parliamentary train
  6. parliamentary trains
  7. parliamentary under secretary
  8. parliamentlike
  9. parliaments
  10. parlied
  11. Parlier

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