passenger rail
noun
: trains that take passengers rather than cargo
passenger rail service between the two cities
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Amtrak was an option for just some NJ Transit rail commuters who live close enough to stations the passenger rail line services.
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Matthew Haag, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Travelers from the Rancho Cucamonga station, located 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, can transfer to the Metrolink passenger rail system for connections across the region.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The way this state is set up, with 80% of the people along the Front Range, seems to be the perfect geography and landscape for intercity passenger rail.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
But these funds are rarely used for passenger rail.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Haag, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Travelers from the Rancho Cucamonga station, located 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, can transfer to the Metrolink passenger rail system for connections across the region.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The way this state is set up, with 80% of the people along the Front Range, seems to be the perfect geography and landscape for intercity passenger rail.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
But these funds are rarely used for passenger rail.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Passenger rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20rail. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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