metro train

collocation in English

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metro
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈmet.rəʊ/us
/ˈmet.roʊ/
relating to a large city and the area ...
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train
noun
uk
/treɪn/us
/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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(Definition ofmetroandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This made construction especially difficult, asmetrotrainservice could not be delayed during construction.
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His work also included signalization systems formetrotrainnetworks, power stations, festival halls and industrial research sites.
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Eachmetrotraincan carry 1,600 passengers; trains depart at 85-second intervals.
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In 2002, a 24-year-old man was run over by ametrotrainapproaching the station.
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Lasting only four minutes, the film takes place almost entirely on ametrotrain.
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Buses now run alongside metro trains, duplicating services, competing with the metro and competing with each other.
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The passengers at first seem to think that the man is one of the typical train-entertainers that frequent metro trains.
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The normal speed of the metro trains is 70 km/h inside the tunnels and 80 km/h on the open portion of the network.
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The plan includes the construction of underground and overground metro trains and monorails.
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It was a manufacturer of trams, metro trains; traction motors for these and for trolleybuses; and bodies for motorbuses and trolleybuses.
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Connectivity inside metro trains travelling on the route is expected in the future.
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This can be achieved by building lines for metro trains, trams, boats, buses and helicopters.
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Unlike most traditional metro trains, they usually have full-width gangways between carriages, allowing passengers to walk the entire length of the train.
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Apart from its color, it was almost identical to the other metro trains in service during its lifespan.
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The latter also became the parent of the operating companies, who retained the actual running of the trams and metro trains.
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The doors are narrower than in metro trains.
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The upgrades meant that all platforms needed to be extended to 110 m to allow six-car metro trains.
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The metro trains were originally planned to be four cars long, but trains were reduced to three cars per set as a savings measure.
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Rubber-tyred metro trains use a specialised version of railway bogies.
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The station serves high-speed rail, conventional rail, and metro trains.
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