camping coach

plural camping coaches

1. UKdatedrail transportA retired passenger coach converted into accommodation for holidaymakers, and placed in a station siding in an area frequented by holidaymakers.

   At Littleham, a pleasant little station with three camping coaches, the token was exchanged.

   1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-West Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337

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   All regions of British Railways are offering camping coach accommodation to holidaymakers this summer. Since the war until this year, camping coaches (24 in number) have been available only on the Southern Region, but a programme of converting 89 vehicles has enabled coaches to be sited in attractive holiday areas in East Anglia, North Wales, the Peak District, the West Country, the South of England, Yorkshire Coast and Dales, and in Scotland.

   1952 August, “Notes and News: Camping Coaches on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 565

   After renovation at Preston Park works, they will replace the 52 wooden-bodied cars still working south of the Thames, one of which dates back as far as 1906; some 20 of the latter will be converted to camping coaches.

   1960 November, G. Freeman Allen, “New Pullman Cars for the East Coast Route”, in Trains Illustrated, page 666