sleeper train

collocation in English

meaningsofsleeperandtrain

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sleeper
noun
uk
/ˈsliː.pər/us
/ˈsliː.pɚ/
someone who sleeps in the ...
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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 ofsleeperandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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None the less, thesleepertrainprovides an essential communication link with the west country's principal towns and cities.
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I understand that they come back, but not on thesleepertrain.
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I cannot believe that the nightsleepertrainevery night each way does not pay when it is always full.
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There are very nice maintenance men who come along when the electric light goes out just as thesleepertrainis drawing out of the station.
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Thesleepertrainleaves the worksite loaded with sections of panel track.
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The cranes remove the panels of temporary track, and stack them onto the empty half of thesleepertrain.
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In addition, it says that it is no longer acceptable to drop from or add coaches to sleeper trains in the course of the route.
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The longer sleeper trains will have fewer intermediate stops to avoid disturbing passengers' sleep, and will be limited to 80 mph.
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There used to be two such sleeper trains; now there is only one.
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Sleeper trains often start off cold and then become boiling hot; sometimes the passengers freeze at night in spite of the heating arrangements.
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The fastest sleeper trains took 9 hours, 49 minutes, with four intermediate stops, at an average speed of 149 km/h.
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The sleeper trains were a particular problem.
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There are many more sleeper trains.
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