"local train" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: local trains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} local train (plural local trains)
  1. (rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: accommodation train [US], commuter train (english: esp. if primarily used by or intended for commuter), non-express train, parliamentary train (english: especially if stops are made for legal reasons and not any actual/significant passenger demand) [UK, dated], slow train, stopping train (alt: Br.), stopper (alt: Br.), way-train [US] Hypernyms: train Hyponyms: local passenger train Related terms: S-train Translations (train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route): regionaltog (Danish), stoptrein (Dutch), sprinter (Dutch), boemeltrein (Dutch), boemel (Dutch), forensentrein (Dutch), lokaaltrein [masculine] (Dutch), paikallisjuna (Finnish), train omnibus [masculine] (French), (fam.) Bummelzug [humorous] (German), Nahverkehrszug (english: overly technical) (German), Regionalbahn (German), Regionalzug [Swiss-German, especially] (German), treno locale (Italian), regiontog (Norwegian), tren local [neuter] (Romanian), ferrocarril regional (Spanish), tren regional (Spanish), lokaltåg (Swedish), regionaltåg (Swedish), בענכל (benkhl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-local_train-en-noun-3BX1t9Bc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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        },
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
          "word": "sprinter"
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
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          "word": "boemel"
        },
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
          "word": "forensentrein"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
          "word": "paikallisjuna"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "train omnibus"
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
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        },
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          "word": "Nahverkehrszug"
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
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          "code": "it",
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        },
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          "note": "各駅停車 (kakueki teisha, literally “stopping at every station”)",
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        },
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          "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
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  "word": "local train"
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    {
      "word": "fast train"
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    },
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        "dated"
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    {
      "word": "slow train"
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      "alt": "Br.",
      "word": "stopping train"
    },
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      "alt": "Br.",
      "word": "stopper"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "regionaltog"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "stoptrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "sprinter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "boemeltrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "boemel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "forensentrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lokaaltrein"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "paikallisjuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "train omnibus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "(fam.) Bummelzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "Nahverkehrszug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "Regionalbahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
        "Swiss-German",
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "Regionalzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "treno locale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "各駅停車 (kakueki teisha, literally “stopping at every station”)",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "普通列車 (futsū ressha, literally “ordinary train”)",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "regiontog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tren local"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "ferrocarril regional"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "tren regional"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "lokaltåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "word": "regionaltåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "benkhl",
      "sense": "train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "בענכל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "local train"
}

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