corridor train

English

Noun

corridor train (plural corridor trains)

  1. (rail transport) A train whose coaches are connected so as to form a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open.
    • 1956 April, “Notes and News: Rail Tour of "Old Manchester"”, in Railway Magazine, page 273:
      The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic.
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