Meanings
adjectiveon-train (not comparable)
- not comparablerail transportTaking place on a train.
Cost analysis revealed that on-train catering lost money and Travellers Fare, the BR division that dealt with all the railway's catering, commissioned consultants to report on options.
2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in RAIL, page 65 - not comparableAboard or fitted to a train.
These agents are members of rail staff who have been trained by RAIB to gather and safeguard evidence such as on-train monitoring and recording equipment.
2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 28
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