accommodation train†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a local train made up of freight and passenger cars; a mixed train.

Quotations

1902

Express trains do not stop at Kent Junction, but the accommodation train does, as do the regular freight trains.

1907

The people of the island regard the "accommodation train" with dread; strangers suffering a single journey resolve never to repeat the experiment.