passenger rail
noun
: trains that take passengers rather than cargo
passenger rail service between the two cities
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Biden had long been a champion of better passenger rail service.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The project, known as the Portal, is intended to extend passenger rail service underground from the edge of San Francisco’s downtown to its gleaming but seriously underutilized Salesforce Transit Center.
—Marc Joffe, National Review, 18 June 2025
The majority of the itineraries will depart from Rome and include stops in Milan, Florence, and Venice, as well as Sicily, via the world's only passenger rail ferry.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The national passenger rail service, which makes multiple stops in South Florida along the same rail corridor used by Tri-Rail, offers an array of vacation packages pegged to U.S. national parks.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The project, known as the Portal, is intended to extend passenger rail service underground from the edge of San Francisco’s downtown to its gleaming but seriously underutilized Salesforce Transit Center.
—Marc Joffe, National Review, 18 June 2025
The majority of the itineraries will depart from Rome and include stops in Milan, Florence, and Venice, as well as Sicily, via the world's only passenger rail ferry.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The national passenger rail service, which makes multiple stops in South Florida along the same rail corridor used by Tri-Rail, offers an array of vacation packages pegged to U.S. national parks.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
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“Passenger rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20rail. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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