corridor train
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A train whose coaches are connected so as to form a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open.
Example Sentences
- "The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic."
- "In the case of the Burgenland, the corridor train through Hungary was operating during the whole period of the Cold War. When Austrians and Hungarian emigrants wanted to get in contact with their relatives, they took a trip on the train to look at each other, wave hands, and drop letters and packets."