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单词 express coach
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express coach
b. express train. Originally = ‘special train’; but about 1845 applied to a train running ‘expressly’ for the conveyance of passengers to one particular place, and not stopping at the intermediate stations; now, a train running at a high rate of speed, and stopping only at a few important stations. Hence express coach, express speed.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > run in addition to usual services
express train1841
wildcat train1870
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop
express train1841
lightning express1844
express1848
limited express1860
rapide1868
limited1869
night express1877
non-stop1909
limited train1913
Blue Train1922
rapido1939
1841 Saunders Rep. Sel. Comm. Railways Q. 2051 It was probable that an express train would come up.
1842 W. F. Cooke Telegr. Railways 19 I will now follow an Express, and therefore unexpected train in its course from Derby to Leicester.
1845 Bradshaw's Rail. Guide May 14 The accommodation by the Express Trains being limited, Passengers who arrive first will have the preference.
1845 C. B. Vignoles in Life (1889) 269 Went down to Birmingham by the ‘express’ train.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Jrnl. 16 Aug. The express train reached Holyhead.
1861 A. S. Billingsley Diary 1 Left Omaha City in Express coach.
1862 E. Johnston Gifts & Graces xii. 127 We must step into an express train.
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