Meanings
plural stopping trains
- rail transportA passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey.
Most of the through Leicester-Birmingham workings are non-stop between Leicester and Hinckley, leaving the intermediate stations to be served by the largely hourly stopping trains between Leicester and Nuneaton.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1351 more example
Another view of Ashchurch station on August 18, 1961, with "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46148 The Manchester Regiment restarting a Worcester-Cheltenham stopping train and a Class 4 2-6-0 at the branch platform on a train from Redditch.
1962 May, “Ashchurch to lose another branch service”, in Modern Railways, page 299, photo caption
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey.
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