ADJ
- railway
- metro, subway, tube, underground
- intercity, international, long-distance
- local, suburban
- express, fast
- direct, through
- I got the through train to Manchester
- slow, stopping
- special
- early, evening, midnight, morning, night, overnight
- two o'clock, 10.45, etc.
- return
- What are the times of the return trains?
- first, last, next
- The last train leaves at
TRAIN + VERB
- run
- In summer the trains run as often as every ten minutes
- start
- terminate
- The train terminated in Carlisle
- be bound for …
- an express train bound for Edinburgh
- be due
- The next train is due at 9.45
- be delayed, be held up, be late, run late
- Most trains are running late because of the accident
- arrive, come in, come into sth, draw in, draw into sth, pull in, pull into sth, steam in, steam into sth
- The next train to arrive at Platform 2 is 00.30
- London to Glasgow, etc.
- the Paris to Brussels train The trainthe 12.30 from Leeds
- Stuttgart-bound, etc.
- northbound, southbound, etc.
- Piccadilly line, etc.
- crowded, full, loaded
- empty
- moving
- stationary
- speeding
- runaway
- approaching, oncoming
- the sound of an approaching train He was pushed into the path of an oncoming train
- passing
- the roar of a passing train
- departing
- She ran alongside the departing train, waving goodbye
- delayed, late-running
- luxury, Pullman
- four-coach, three-coach, etc.
- bullet, high-speed
- diesel, electric, steam
- coal, commuter, freight, goods, mail, passenger
- military, troop
- model
- ghost
- a carnival with ghost trains and dodgem cars
VERB + TRAIN
- take, travel by
- From Germany they travelled by train to Poland
- travel on
- She's travelling on the same train as you
- use
- catch, get, make
- We had to get up early to make the 6 o'clock train for Florence
- miss
- wait for
- run for
- I was late and had to run for my train
- board, get on, hop on, jump aboard/ on
- We jumped on the train just as it was about to leave
- jump from/off, jump out of
- She tried to kill herself by jumping off a moving train
- alight from, get off
- meet (sb off)
- I'm going to the station to meet her off the train
- change
- You'll have to change trains at Cambridge
- operate, run
- The company plans to run trains on key intercity routes
- cancel
- The 10.19 train has been cancelled
- drive
- haul
- a train hauled by a steam locomotive
- stop
- derail
- fall under, throw sb under
- Driven to despair, he threw himself under a train. came in and I got on. The train drew into the station
- come, go
- We didn't want to leave the platform in case the train came
- reach
- The train reached Prague at half past six
- return
- depart, draw out (of sth), leave, pull away, pull out (of sth), start (off), steam out
- The train pulled out of the station
- head …
- The train headed out of Athens
- stand, wait
- The train now standing at Platform 3 is the 16.50 to Brighton. a train waiting at a signal
- move
- Slowly the train began to move
- travel
- The high-speed train travels at 120 mph
- chug, trundle
- The train chugged slowly forward
- gather speed
- hurtle, rush, speed, steam
- a picture of the bullet train speeding past Mount Fuji
- slow (down)
- brake
- be brought to a halt, come to a halt, halt, stop
- rattle, rumble, thunder, whistle
- The train rattled into the station
- jerk, jolt, lurch, shudder
- The train jolted into motion
- approach, come
- The train came towards them
- pass
- enter sth
- The train entered the tunnel
- collide (with sth)
- be loaded with sth, carry sth
TRAIN + NOUN
- journey, ride
- service
- station
- times, timetable
- fare
- ticket
- crew, driver, guard, staff
- travellers, travelling
- spotter, spotting
- accident, collision, crash, disaster
- window
- carriage
- shed
- robber
- set
- I saved up my pocket money to buy an electric train set
PREP
- aboard/on/on board a/the ~
- the people on the train
- by ~
- It's quicker by train
- ~ between
- trains between Brindisi and Rome
- ~ for/to
- He was leaving on the early train for Zaragoza
- ~ from
- the train from Birmingham to Worcester
PHRASES
- a train load of sth
- train loads of iron ore
- a train to catch
- I can't stop now, I have a train to catch
VERB + TRAIN
- set sth in
- That telephone call set in train a whole series of events
- bring sth in (figurative)
- Unemployment brings greater difficulties in its train (= causes great difficulties)
PHRASES
- a train of events, a train of thought
- The telephone rang and she lost her train of thought
PREP
- in sb's ~ (figurative)
- In the train of (= following behind) the rich and famous came the journalists