local train

Meanings

nounlocal train (plural local trains)

rail transportA train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.
For all the attention on express trains, it's often local trains that tip the railway into congestion.
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53
Synonyms: accommodation train, commuter train, non-express train, slow train, stopping train, stopper, way-train

nounA train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.

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Danish regionaltog

regionaltogtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Dutch stoptrein, sprinter

stoptreintrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
sprintertrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
boemeltreintrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
boemeltrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
forensentreintrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
lokaaltreintrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Finnish paikallisjuna

paikallisjunatrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

French train omnibus

train omnibustrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

German (fam.) Bummelzug, Nahverkehrszug

(fam.) Bummelzugtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
Nahverkehrszugtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
Regionalbahntrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
Regionalzugtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Italian treno locale

treno localetrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Norwegian regiontog

regiontogtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Romanian tren local

tren localtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Spanish ferrocarril regional, tren regional

ferrocarril regionaltrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
tren regionaltrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Swedish lokaltåg, regionaltåg

lokaltågtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route
regionaltågtrain or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Yiddish בענכל

בענכל (benkhl)train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route

Cite this entry

APA

local train. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20train

MLA

“local train.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20train. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “local train,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20train.