Passenger train
A passenger train is a train that is mainly used to transport people .
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The passenger cars lined up in the train can be supplemented by one or more baggage cars (for checked baggage , bulky items such as bicycles or larger sports equipment and, if necessary, express goods ), mail cars (for postal items such as letters and / or parcel post ), which was very common in the 20th century took place, but has since been largely abandoned in Europe. (Personal) bicycles are now permitted on many passenger trains. So-called multi-purpose compartments are usually available for this purpose, which also facilitate the transport of prams, wheelchairs or larger items of luggage. Motorail coaches are also carried in special motorail trains .
Passenger trains are usually divided into different types of train (e.g. for local and long-distance traffic ); most of them offer several carriage classes . Passenger trains carry seating cars , and long-distance trains also have dining cars , couchettes and / or sleeping cars . A distinction is also made between regular public trains on the one hand and special trains or service trains on the other. The so-called mixed trains represent a combination of passenger train and freight train , a transfer trip of passenger coaches is called empty train ( Lr for short ).
Another special type of passenger train is - besides the already mentioned car and empty train - the night train .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Reisezug - Duden , Bibliographisches Institut ; 2016
- ↑ See DS / DV 408.0122 of DB Netz, which differentiates between passenger trains and freight trains
- ^ The railways in Baden; Volume 1: History and steam operation from 1945, p. 271. - EK-Verlag , 1995
- ^ Railway history, Volume 6, issues 25–30, p. 43. - DGEG Medien , 2008