local train

English

Noun

local train (plural local trains)

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

Usage notes

Local train is especially used to distinguish between an express train (and/or semi-express train) serving the same route.

2021 January 26 (last accessed) “stations & lines”, in Map of NYC commuter rail‎:

Each train line is called "Local" or "Express":

Local Train: Trains stop at all stations without exception.
Express Train: trains stop only every 2, 3, 4 or 5 stations depending on the NYC locations served.

Otherwise, if all trains have the same schedule (such as a line serving a branch track in a rural area), local train can be considered redundant, since there is no distinction to other trains, although it is not necessarily wrong.

Synonyms

accommodation train (US)
commuter train (esp. if primarily used by or intended for commuters)
non-express train
parliamentary train (UK, dated, esp. if stops are made for legal reasons, not any actual/significant passenger demand)
slow train
stopping train (Br.)
stopper (Br.)
way-train (US)

Antonyms

express train
express (provided that context implies “train”)
fast train
crack train (US, dialect, dated)

Hypernyms

train

Hyponyms

local passenger train

Holonyms

commuter rail

Translations

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

Dutch: stoptrein (nl) (literally “stop train”), boemeltrein (nl) (literally “dawdling train”), boemel (nl), forensentrein (nl)
Finnish: lähijuna (fi), paikallisjuna (fi), työmatkajuna (fi)
German: (fam., humorously) Bummelzug (de) (literally “dawdling train”), (overly technical) Nahverkehrszug (de) (literally “local traffic train”), Regionalbahn (de) (literally “regional train”), (esp. Swiss German) Regionalzug (de)
Swedish: lokaltåg (sv), mjölktåg (sv), närtåg (sv), pendeltåg (sv), pendel (sv)