express train
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express train
noun express trains
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A train (either the service or the train itself) making limited stops.
1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
All sorts of dreadful thoughts came to her all together in one horrible flash. There were such things as express trains that went on, she supposed, for hundreds of miles without stopping. Suppose this should be one of them? How
Similar: crack train, fast train, limited
Opposite: local train
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noun
Opposite: local train
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noun a train making limited stops
| Español | tren expreso, Ter, TER |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 特急 tokkyū, 急行 kyūkō |
| Português | trem expresso |
| Français | train express, rapide |
| Deutsch | Schnellzug, Intercity, ICE, Eilzug |
| Italiano | treno espresso, espresso, express, EXP |
| Română | tren expres |
| Русский | экспре́сс eksprɛ́ss, курье́рский по́езд kurʹjérskij pójezd |
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