How to Use commuter train in a Sentence

commuter train

noun
  • The Coaster provides commuter train service to eight stations from San Diego to Oceanside.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • Millions of passengers ride the transport hub’s high-speed trains that link Paris to other cities and its commuter train services to the suburbs and towns in the Paris region.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The overground commuter train left on time but stopped 20 minutes short of its destination.
    Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The agency’s goal is to reduce travel time to 33 minutes on the Coaster commuter train between Oceanside and downtown San Diego.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2024
  • The second train was a Metra commuter train, according to the Barrington Fire Department.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Existing in various forms since the 1930s, the train now features in two guises: a regular commuter train and a tourist version that influencers have leapt on.
    Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Debris on railroad tracks caused an Amtrak commuter train to derail near Porta Costa; no one was injured.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Mar. 2023
  • An Amtrak commuter train with 55 passengers struck a tree that had been downed and derailed near Port Costa, California.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Chicago — After a long journey by bus from Texas, the commuter train ride into Chicago is probably the shortest trip for arriving migrants.
    Marybel Gonzalez, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Regular commuter train and ferry services guarantee a fast and convenient commute to New York City.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
    Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023

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