non-gangwayed

adjective

Not provided with a gangway between carriages.

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Meanings

adjectivenon-gangwayed (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparablerail transportNot provided with a gangway between carriages.

    [...] and the introduction of standard train formations with the elimination of all trains made up of unrostered or non-gangwayed stock.

    1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 17–18
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    The arrival of the first Class 313 was a jaw-dropper for long-suffering commuters used to non-gangwayed Class 31 locomotive-hauled rakes of 1950s slam-door coaches, […].

    2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 42

Origin

From non- + gangwayed.

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