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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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why do we call a passenger train and an express train when both are passenger trains
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Do you mean that within a particular sign or document, trains are listed as one or the other? Would this be in England, perhaps? A train might be identified as an "express train" to distinguish it from all other trains, all of them being passenger trains.
- Do you mean that within a particular sign or document, trains are listed as one or the other?
- Would this be in England, perhaps?
- A train might be identified as an "express train" to distinguish it from all other trains, all of them being passenger trains.
- The purpose would be to highlight that the 8 o'clock departure is ideal for commuters, because it is an express.
- Electric trains and Steam trains are also passenger trains.
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Do you mean that within a particular sign or document, trains are listed as one or the other? Would this be in England, perhaps? A train might be identified as an "express train" to distinguish it from all other trains, all of them being passenger trains. The purpose would be to highlight that the 8 o'clock departure is ideal for commuters, because it is an express. Electric trains and Steam tr
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