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Inside the sleeper trains Each of the electric multiple unit (EMU) trains used to service the routes has 16 carriages, including 13 sleeper cars, two second-class seating cars and one dining car.
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Maggie Wong, CNN, 16 June 2024
Dress early for dinner and take a cocktail to the tail end of the train where an open observation car lets passengers stand against warm wind, the smell of wet jungle rushing by, before sitting down for dinner in one of two dining cars for local Peranakan cuisine and a Singapore Sling or two.
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Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2024
The tartan upholstery on the couches in the lounge cars and the slightly frilly, chintzy decor make the communal areas feel a bit like gentlemen’s clubs of yore; the daintiness of the dining cars, like something out of a doll house kit or a film set — which is to say, 100 percent my jam.
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
There are the historic train stations and roomy seats, plus the chance to get up and walk around, visit the dining car, or just sit and take in the scenery.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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“Dining car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining%20car. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
dining car
noun
din·ing car
ˈdī-niŋ-
: a railroad car in which meals are served
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