单词 | corridor train |
释义 | > as lemmascorridor train corridor train n. a railway train through the length of which a corridor (sense 4b above) or passage extends. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > types of parliamentary train1845 excursion-train1849 parliamentary1854 parly1855 corridor train1892 trip-train1894 railmotor1903 railbus1932 mystery train1933 pool passenger train1934 Skybus1963 pay-train1968 1892 Daily News 8 Mar. 5/3 The Corridor Train is so named from a narrow passage which runs from end to end. 1894 Strand Mag. 8 170/1 The 2 p.m. from London to Crewe—the ‘Corridor’ train. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Sept. 10/1 The Great Western Railway Magazine for September claims for that company the credit of producing the first complete corridor-train, combining the privacy of separate compartments with the advantages of through communication from end to end and access to toilet rooms. It was ‘built’ in April 1892. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 498/2 The Great Western and Great Eastern Railways both produced corridor trains with proper covered gangway connexions..in 1891. < as lemmas |
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