stopping train

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stopping train

noun stopping trains

A passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey. Most of the through Leicester-Birmingham workings are non-stop between Leicester and Hinckley, leaving the intermediate stations to be served by the largely hourly stopping trains between Leicester and Nuneaton.
Similar: local, stopper

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@misc{stopping_train_2026,
  title = {stopping train},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stopping%20train},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}