fast train

collocation in English

meaningsoffastandtrain

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withtrain.
fast
adjective
uk
/fɑːst/us
/fæst/
moving or happening quickly, or able to move or ...
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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 offastandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffast train

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But really people want to be able to travel with luggage and use afasttrainlink in.
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More resources should rather be made available for research in thefasttrainindustry.
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Members who came on afasttraintook 27 hours.
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At the time of the previous strike he was taking home £22 a week, often for driving a veryfasttrainon long runs.
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So there will still be facilities for thefasttrainservice.
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This is meant to be afasttrain, and it has only 24 miles to cover.
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In financial terms, thefasttrainof 1989 ran into the back of the slow train of 1988 and earlier years.
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I was put on it inadvertently by my host, who thought that it was afasttrain.
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There is not one reallyfasttrainon that route.
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Why could not thefasttrainhave been cancelled rather than the slow one, so that those using the intervening stations could be served?
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We would be isolated, on neither thefasttrainnor the slow train.
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Alternatively, why could not thefasttrainhave stopped at some of the intermediate stations?
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Afasttraintakes about an hour and a quarter and could possibly take less.
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Bringing in a passing-loop line to allow afasttrainto overtake a slow one and a bit of dualling here and there could make a huge difference.
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It is afasttrainmade up of various vans.
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Anotherfasttrainwas introduced in 1907 with a single stop at.
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During the peak hour, there is afasttrainhalting every few minutes.
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Only the so-calledfasttrainstations are served by these trains.
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Every record has a location, a place where you enjoy listening to it, whether that be a bedroom or a club, well this record location is afasttrain.
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